[18.1] Newspapers

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Papers on-line

http://www.scotsman.com/ - The Scotsman
http://www.record-mail.co.uk/rm/ - Daily Record and Sunday Mail http://www.theherald.co.uk/ - The Herald
http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/ - Scotland on Sunday
http://www.sundayherald.com/ - The Sunday Herald
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/ - The Evening Times (Glasgow)
http://www.timeout.com/ - The List - look for Glasgow/Edinburgh sections http://www.hebrides.com/news/ - Stornoway Gazette
http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/ Northern Scot
http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/ (The Shetland News)
http://www.shetland-times.co.uk/st/ (The Shetland Times)
http://www.freescotland.com/si.html - Scots Independent http://www.dcthomson.co.uk/ - D C Thomson (Sunday Post, Courier, Scots Mag etc)

http://www.scotsmagazine.com/ (The Scots Magazine)
The world's most widely-read Scottish interest publication. First published in 1739, The Scots Magazine is a monthly periodical with around 300,000 readers worldwide.

http://www.argyllinternet.co.uk/scotmem/
Scottish Memories magazine

Courier and Advertiser, 80 Kingsway East, Dundee, DD1 9HU
Tel: 01382 223131
http://www.dcthomson.co.uk/courier/

Press and Journal, 84 Academy Street, Inverness, IV1 IJY
Tel: 01463 222801
http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/

Festival

Newspaper dedicated to the Edinburgh Festival:
http://www.scotweb.co.uk/threeweeks/ and
http://www.clan.com/threeweeks/ (mailto:ThreeWeeks@scotweb.co.uk)

Other Scottish Newspapers

Edinburgh Herald and Post, 20 North Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1YT
Tel: 0131 243 3659.

Evening News, 20 North Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1YT
Tel: 0131 225 2468. mailto:letters_en@scotsman.com

Oban Times, PO Box 1, Oban, PA34 5PY
Tel: 01631 563058, Fax: 01631 565470

Stirling Observer, 40 Upper Craigs, Stirling, FK8 2DW
Tel: 01786 451110

The Inverness Courier, Inverness, IV1 1QW

Guth na Gaidhlig, Highland News Group, Henderson Road, Inverness IV1 1SP, Tel: 01463 713700

La/ newspaper (Northern Ireland) and Am Braighe (Nova Scotia) have Scottish Gaelic columns. Am Braighe is at
http://www.chatsubo.com/ambraighe/

The West Highland Free Press
mailto:newsdesk@whfp.co.uk
(Broadford, Isle of Skye, IV49 9AP) , tel: 01471 822464

Political bias in newspapers

I understand from The Scotsman journalists I've spoken to (perhaps better not to name names) that Andrew Neil, who is hardly ever there, is detested and there is a constant struggle away from his hard Unionist line. Add to this the constant shifts of emphasis that both they and The Herald constantly go through to protect circulation as they try to placate both nationalist and unionist readers. The Scotsman also uses ICM as a polling organisation. The director of ICM has admitted that the allocation of "don't knows" in ICM polls has a bias against the SNP. The ICM poll for the North East Euro seat by-election in Nov 98 was 600% out in terms of the SNP majority over Labour.

The Herald has gone through bad periods and two editors as it works out where its readership lies, although its history is unionist and Whig. They both give a lot of space to nationalist letter writers with circulation in mind, often tending towards the controversial (but misinformed) simply to stir up a good debate. The Sun has dropped circulation badly since dropping the SNP, and even the arch unionist Record now has Ian Bell as a columnist, at least till they see if he is increasing circulation. The Scotsman has of course held its price well below The Herald for over a year.

The West Highland Free press has an exceptionally hard anti-SNP line and is often little more than a front for Brian Wilson's press office.

Political bias in Journalists

Some journalists and columnists with political interests:

Margaret Vaughan - The Herald - wife of Social Security Minister Alistair Darling.

Gerald Warner - Scotland on Sunday - former spin doctor and adviser to Michael Forsyth.

George Birrell - The Herald - former spin doctor and adviser to Michael Forsyth.

Michael Kelly - The Scotsman - former Lord Provost of Glasgow and Labour activist

Jim Stevens - economist Fraser of Allander Institute and Member of Labour NEC.

Further Information

Scottish newspaper index
http://www.scottalk.net/media/

Scottish newspapers on-line
http://www.ecola.com/news/press/eu/uk/sc/

Yahoo index for Scotland is
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/Regional/Countries/United_Kingdom/Scotland/ Media and newspapers are off there at:
News_and_Media/Newspapers/

Scottish Media Watch
http://www.freescotland.com/media.html

The Press Complaints Commission
http://www.pcc.org.uk/

The Scottish News Agency.
mailto:iainx@reporters.net
fax 0870 787 8961.

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