tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post3972953385314321931..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: Releasing SCCRC Megrahi report "a real wild card"Robert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-32184557997649324472011-09-10T20:25:24.901+01:002011-09-10T20:25:24.901+01:00"I'm sorry, what is wrong with these peop..."I'm sorry, what is wrong with these people who call themselves journalists? Do they not research and learn and absorb facts?"<br /><br />The editor's job is to satisfy readers, advertisers, friends of importance and shareholders. <br />The journalist's job is to satisfy the editor.<br /><br />The research they want to do and the facts they want to absorb better be relevant for that mechanism, or they are out of work.<br /><br />The strange thing is, that quite many people still believe that the daily mainstream news somehow is enough to base an opinion on.SMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272238187226269250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-84901740818417557942011-09-09T21:49:43.352+01:002011-09-09T21:49:43.352+01:00Grendal, the SNP had the chance to go for it bigti...Grendal, the SNP had the chance to go for it bigtime and bottled it. They came to power just a month before the SCCRC announced its findings. Its "Justice" Minister, ultimately, was the one who signed on the dotted line and declared the official findings would not be published. Thus, SNP hands, like their Unionist counterparts before them, are just as contaminated over Lockerbie. And don't forget how many times now that Salmond and MacAskill have told us, emphatically, that they do not doubt the original verdict was sound.Jo Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536467440869239587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-63205096286876696412011-09-09T21:46:18.188+01:002011-09-09T21:46:18.188+01:00I was once a huge fan of MacWhirter. I confess th...I was once a huge fan of MacWhirter. I confess that in recent weeks I have lost every ounce of respect for him. He has produced articles that are, frankly, appalling on the subject of Lockerbie and Megrahi. He has claimed Megrahi had "a fair trial". I'm sorry, what is wrong with these people who call themselves journalists? Do they not research and learn and absorb facts? If not, why not???? I have, several times now, challenged him on his own blog about such articles yet nothing changes. If journalists like MacWhirter have stopped paying attention to the facts, God help us. Then again, I have said all along that the failure of the UK media to challenge all levels of government on the SCCRC findings, and that pesky appeal, failed not just Megrahi but justice in general. I'm afraid the UK media, and especially the Scottish media, are as corrupt as the politicians.Jo Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536467440869239587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-20956137754928162152011-09-08T12:40:31.495+01:002011-09-08T12:40:31.495+01:00Although it is not the issue, it would be best for...Although it is not the issue, it would be best for MacAskill, The SNP and Scotland if the world came to accept that Megrahi was falsely convicted and that the Scottish government was a major player in bringing that acceptance about. Releasing the SCCRC report, in a form which remains close to the original and is not redacted beyond recognition, is the best possible first step in that process.Grendalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207349599903280867noreply@blogger.com