Comments on: Reporting the McDaid murder in Britain http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/reporting-the-mcdaid-murder-in-britain/ Campaigning Journalist | Literary Dissident Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:39:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/reporting-the-mcdaid-murder-in-britain/#comment-1018 admin Sun, 31 May 2009 02:23:18 +0000 http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/?p=128#comment-1018 Many thanks for that. I had suspected that the Scottish papers would not want to dwell on the celebrations of some Rangers fans in Coleraine. Many thanks for that.
I had suspected that the Scottish papers would not want to dwell on the celebrations of some Rangers fans in Coleraine.

]]> By: Ian http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/reporting-the-mcdaid-murder-in-britain/#comment-1017 Ian Fri, 29 May 2009 10:12:36 +0000 http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/?p=128#comment-1017 The Murder was reported in the "scottish" sun on the following Tuesday ( it may have been in Monday's paper also ?).The papers focus was on a weekend of Murder "3 dead" in Glasgow. Much was made of the fact that the police were very quick to point out that none of the murders in Glasgow were football related yet due to a hedonistic sunny bank holiday weekend, although I believe all the murders happened on the Sunday (?)atnthe time of or in the aftermath of the football.The sad murder of Mr McDaid (in this issue) had around 3 column inches , as a sort of side note to the violence in Glasgow, at the top left of the page. Woefull , the Scottish press red tops are very poor excuses for papers, in many respects. The Murder was reported in the “scottish” sun on the following Tuesday ( it may have been in Monday’s paper also ?).The papers focus was on a weekend of Murder “3 dead” in Glasgow. Much was made of the fact that the police were very quick to point out that none of the murders in Glasgow were football related yet due to a hedonistic sunny bank holiday weekend, although I believe all the murders happened on the Sunday (?)atnthe time of or in the aftermath of the football.The sad murder of Mr McDaid (in this issue) had around 3 column inches , as a sort of side note to the violence in Glasgow, at the top left of the page. Woefull , the Scottish press red tops are very poor excuses for papers, in many respects.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/reporting-the-mcdaid-murder-in-britain/#comment-1016 Ryan Thu, 28 May 2009 12:52:30 +0000 http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/?p=128#comment-1016 Zilch. Nada. Mind you I wasn't paying much attention to newspapers all week. I did spot a postage stamp-size report in a couple of rags though. They mentioned that there were football matches on and that the trouble might be related to them but that was it! Yet one bampot goes to Ibrox with IRA written on his tricolour and gets double-page spreads in the rags! Meanwhile, in England (the motherland), news reports were utterly fair and balanced. Maybe reported in with bit of 'Newsround' for children type of stating the obvious but quite conclusive none the less. A return to the real dark days? Lord, please no. Zilch. Nada. Mind you I wasn’t paying much attention to newspapers all week. I did spot a postage stamp-size report in a couple of rags though. They mentioned that there were football matches on and that the trouble might be related to them but that was it!

Yet one bampot goes to Ibrox with IRA written on his tricolour and gets double-page spreads in the rags!

Meanwhile, in England (the motherland), news reports were utterly fair and balanced. Maybe reported in with bit of ‘Newsround’ for children type of stating the obvious but quite conclusive none the less.

A return to the real dark days? Lord, please no.

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