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The news is broken, and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

The News Is Broken, and I’m Tired of Pretending It’s Not

We've Got a Problem, Folks Let me tell you something, Aberdeen. I've been in this game for 22 years, and I've never seen it this bad. I'm talking about journalism, the news, the whole damn...
The News We're Not Discussing: How Aberdeen's Local Journalism is Letting Us Down

The News We Don’t Talk About: How Aberdeen’s Local Journalism is Failing Us

Look, I'm gonna say it Local journalism is dying. And not just dying, it's being murdered. Slowly. Painfully. And Aberdeen's scene? It's one of the worst offenders. I should know, I've been covering news here...
The news is broken, and frankly, I'm fed up with it.

The News Is Broken, and Frankly, I’m Over It

Let’s Talk About the Elephant in the Room Look, I’ve been in this business for 20-something years. I started back in ’98 at a tiny paper in Glasgow, and let me tell you, the news...
The news is broken, and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

The News Is Broken, And I’m Tired of Pretending It’s Not

Honestly, I'm Over It Look, I've been in this business for 23 years. I started at a little rag in Glasgow, back in 1998. I mean, really started—fetching coffee, making copies, all that jazz. But...
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End ‘Finger Pointing’ Over Raac, Urges Lord Gove

So, there's this guy, Michael Gove, who used to be in the UK Tory Government, but now he's becoming a lord and stuff. He's all like, "Stop pointing fingers about Raac and start working...