Sometimes I know you English guys wonder what it is we 'Nats' gripe about when we complain about the Unionist Press in Scotland. I would like to give you a wee example from a story that is in today's London Times.
'An image of the Flame Nebula that has given astronomers their most vivid picture of the star formation was offered up by the Scottish government yesterday as proof of the world-leading role maintained by the country’s scientists and researchers.
The photograph was taken by the Vista telescope at the European Southern Observatory, using technology designed and built at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh. “In every area of science Scotland outperforms the world average; our performance is truly stunning for a nation of only five million people,”Scottish scientist Professor Glover said. “This is a country full of potential for those in science, engineering and technology.” The 120-page document showed that in sciences as diverse as medicine, agriculture and biology, Scotland has achieved 1.8 per cent of the world’s academic citations, from a population share of less than 0.1 per cent'.
Now you would think that this was a very encouraging story for a small nation in these worrying times and you can read more of it here, if you want. But as far as I can see not one of the SCOTTISH '
Instead our SCOTTISH PRESS WANT TO TALK DOWN SCOTLAND! An example of their ANTI-SNP rhetoric can be found in the 'Scotsman', who report the SNP's Deputy Leader, Nicola Sturgeon's forthcoming marriage with the headline, 'Nicola Sturgeon says-I'm turning my back on independence', not 'Nicola Sturgeon announces wedding' or even 'Sturgeon to wed'. It may not seem much, but it is invidious, we see it day after day.
I wish that some of the JOURNALISM IN THE SCOTTISH MSM was as reputable as found in the Blogosphere and look forward to the day I can look at a SCOTTISH PAPER on my PC, (because I wouldn't buy one except to stick in the bog for arse wiping), without READING ANTI SCOTTISH AND SNP RANTS from JOURNOS who get most of their copy from BLOGS and seem to be incapable of writing an original piece that's not influenced by their EDITOR'S or the PAPER'S OWNER'S PREJUDICES.
