Are Scots less concerned about crime not just because there is less but also because they are learning not to trust media distortion?  Ipsos MORI’s recent poll pays little attention the Scottish data it contains and concentrates on an apparent panic in England and Wales. Read more here from Thought Control Scotland.

A BBC Scotland reporter has been criticised on social media after using his twitter account to promote a newspaper article backing Theresa May.  Nick Eardley, who is BBC Scotland’s Westminster correspondent, retweeted a link to a Daily Mail article written by two Scottish Tory MPs. The article, written by Tory MPs Alister Jack and Paul Masterton, urged backing for Theresa May’s Brexit plan. Both MPs had been on the opposite sides of the Brexit debate. In his tweet, Eardley wrote: “Scotland’s answer to Anna Soubry and Jacob Rees Mogg (well sort of…) team up to back the PM on Chequers agreement”
https://indyref2.scot/bbc-scotland-reporter-criticised-over-back-may-article-promo-tweet

Remaining Scotsman readers left fatigued and frustrated after another attempted hatchet job on Police Scotland.
https://thoughtcontrolscotland.com/2018/05/19/remaining-scotsman-readers-left-fatigued-and-frustrated-in-wake-of-another-police-scotland-hatchet-job/

"Uncertainty about Brexit – decisions being made in London without the Scottish government’s consent and over which the Scottish government has no control – is having a profound and negative impact on the economy. Small and medium businesses, the backbone of the British economy, are not growing, they are not taking on staff, and they are struggling to make money. Not knowing what the future holds over the other side of the cliff edge, investors – or potential investors – are not putting their money to work in UK companies. Decisions being made in Westminster are having a direct effect on the economy. They have caused it to stall and thereby slowed the rate of employment."
https://randompublicjournal.com/2018/07/17/deconstructing-a-bbc-bad-news-story/