DougieJones
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I once lost it and called Angela Haggerty a stupid cow on Twitter, thats about it. Hopefully ‘cow’ isn’t now classed as sectarian.
That boot will find a way to turn that round as "Anti Irish Racism"I once lost it and called Angela Haggerty a stupid cow on Twitter, thats about it. Hopefully ‘cow’ isn’t now classed as sectarian.
I do not disagree with much of that. I would say it is obvious that the DR story was driven by revenge for this paying for media access approach, I don’t think H&H get plastered all over the front page unless the DR are trying to settle a score. It wasn’t just because they are Rangers fans.
I don’t think so but you may have offended the farming community.I once lost it and called Angela Haggerty a stupid cow on Twitter, thats about it. Hopefully ‘cow’ isn’t now classed as sectarian.
That my friend is fucking brilliant.
look at the cohort of the followers of the ‘whistleblower’ - sectarian journalist member of nuj, spiers, Stewart, mcgivern,
the jealousy may have been a driver but the fact they are rangers meant they viewed the lads as fair game.
stv are an official media partner too, as is FF, where is the attack on them?
Of course it’s not ok! It is morally reprehensible and entirely hypocritical by the DR.and that is ok?
Are you condoning the DR going after individuals affiliated to rangers by a business deal because it can then hurt rangers?
Let's be honest, the vast majority of stuff said by rangers or celtic fans to each other is no worse than things said in other football rivalries. Do we think West ham / Millwall or Man United / Leeds, or Galatasary/ Fenerbahce or Sparta / Slavia etc are all nice and cosy and friendly on social media? Of course not, and it will be very similar to Rangers and Celtic fans. However what we have here is an entire industry built on the back of this rivalry that generates income from finding new ways to be offended by one side of this rivalry and a political party that is working them like puppets to further their cause.
Many of the tweets uncovered by Edgar are worse than anything said by the H&H guys, in the context of football rivalry, and go way beyond that into actual grounds of socially unacceptable comments. So %^*& the lot of them.
And make it be a lesson to everybody about social media. No idea why anybody has public social media accounts. It's not like talking to your mates in the pub, where your comments are forgotten the next morning. They are there to haunt you forever.
H&H may be their weapon of choice, but their target is the club. There are two main reasons for this.
1 - A lot of the mainstream media were not happy that H&H, FF etc were given accreditation by the club last year.
2 - The ‘official partner’ scheme grates with many of them. Added to which, the DR was banned from our press conferences etc already.
Note how all their pronouncements focus on the ‘official partner’ thing, without explaining that this is a paid position. I wonder if they have scrolled through the owner of 32 Red’s tweets?
Cammy and Hoggy are collateral damage in their attempts to harm Rangers
I agree with you mate. In my ideal world people wouldn't give two thoughts about most of this stuff. And in real life compared to online I still think the majority of people are much sounder about these sorts of things.
But in this instance it's a case of giving as good as you're getting so fair play to the H&H boys.
Good, about time that lot got pulled for their craic. I’ll bet they wished they never started all this now.Unless I’ve missed a crucial part of the story, Natasha Meikle had nothing to do with the DR story. She seems to be the biggest victim of it so far however.
Surely it will be today. They need to pull together the Monday edition for tomorrow.Would love to be a fly on the wall at the dr sport department Monday morning meeting. What a laugh that will be.
what the record have done doesn’t even make sense. Did they really think attacking the club like that would help them get access again?
It's amazing that all the mp's and journalists who fall over themselves to comment when they can demonise one section of society are all so quiet on the bigotry/racism that has been uncovered at the Daily Record.The media and MSP's all were quick to jump on the Rangers attack bandwagon last Sunday/Monday so, how long is this going to take for someone in the public eye to say something about the daily record and its disgusting employees? They cannot be allowed to just let this be swept away under the carpet!
The arrival of Mr Seiken coincided with the arrival of the click culture. Stories seemed no longer judged by their importance, accuracy or appeal to those who actually bought the paper. The more important measure appeared to be the number of online visits. On 22 September Telegraph online ran a story about a woman with three breasts. One despairing executive told me that it was known this was false even before the story was published. I have no doubt it was published in order to generate online traffic, at which it may have succeeded. I am not saying that online traffic is unimportant, but over the long term, however, such episodes inflict incalculable damage on the reputation of the paper.
Definitely a time for the pitchforks to come out.I don’t think so but you may have offended the farming community.
It makes me wonder if it is as we perceive it to be as a low level attack from spurned journalists from the Record, or does it go higher as part of an ongoing attack on the club.If nothing else it highlights the absolutely amateurish nature of the Daily Record.
Imagine being so naive as to run a story like that without the editor or anyone else in the room saying ‘hang on a minute’.
Daft pricks.
Agree.....someone above that 'Journalist' approved that story going to print.It makes me wonder if it is as we perceive it to be as a low level attack from spurned journalists from the Record, or does it go higher as part of an ongoing attack on the club.
Surely, this doesn’t get the go ahead without direction from above.
Could Murdo be calling in favours following Rangers not being cowed in the Cinch deal?
Nah mate, the The Hangover 2 involved a guy and his pals. McGivern had no pals then and he certainly doesnt have any pals now.Any word yet on what the McGivern Thailand story is?
if it’s not closely linked to the plot of The Hangover 2 I’m going to be so disappointed.
Was just discussed on off the ball there. Of course there was mention of the conduct of the H&H boys, no mention at all of the rampant racism, homophobia, Islamaphobia and sectarianism on display from daily record employees.
The only show of the slightest bit of balance, was Cosgrove stated that he wasn’t a fan of journalists digging up tweets from people from years ago, but when asked to name names he utterly shat it.
The thing is, that those 2 dinosaurs Cowan and Cosgrove will have a rich back catalogue of ‘risqué’ jokes over the years.
Im sure that defence will stick in court. "But Twitter told me it was ok to use that word but!"
Read the thread mate, read the thread. Over 100 sickening, islamophibic, homophobic, sectarian slurs cast freely. All vile and all reported and all to be investigated by the KGB wing of the SNPSo has there actually been decent stuff found then that is now in the public domain?
This always brings to mind the comment about Muhammad Ali shaking as he lit the Olympic flame in '96. These days it would be classed as being discriminatory against disabled people. I can't remember which of them made the "joke" but, bearing in mind everything around that particular moment and who it was they were sneering at, they would be hauled over the coals if the clip was replayed. I've tried to find the clip but so far without success although I'll continue trying. If anyone is able to do so It was on their Saturday show on the BBC just after the Olympics that year, (not much to go on I know)Was just discussed on off the ball there. Of course there was mention of the conduct of the H&H boys, no mention at all of the rampant racism, homophobia, Islamaphobia and sectarianism on display from daily record employees.
The only show of the slightest bit of balance, was Cosgrove stated that he wasn’t a fan of journalists digging up tweets from people from years ago, but when asked to name names he utterly shat it.
The thing is, that those 2 dinosaurs Cowan and Cosgrove will have a rich back catalogue of ‘risqué’ jokes over the years.
Only a bigoted idiotic fool would take the word of Twitter over the law of the land!
Dickson is an absolute whopper
In my 49 years have I ever liked being called a hun. I knew then it was sectarian as I do now.
Just as Hoggy etc have been punished so should these fucking hypocrits in our msm cesspit up here. If you dish cancel culture out be prepared for shit coming back. Reap what you sow.
Never heard that in my puff mate. MentalTin hat on.
Been called a hun, D O B, flute faced cuńt etc.
I can handle it no problem.
What I can’t handle? One side facing consequences (historically) whilst the other side gets allowed to craic on.
Yet egt is running a concerted campaign to protect a bigoted, sectarian, vile, sickening, toxic Celtic podder. Look strange to anyone else?imagine a DR journalist attacking rangers fan media, failing to mention celtic fan media yet is what happens. Who would have thought? Unintended consequence. i hope McGivern is proud of himself.
You have a lot of reading ahead of youSo has there actually been decent stuff found then that is now in the public domain?
I once lost it and called Angela Haggerty a stupid cow on Twitter, thats about it. Hopefully ‘cow’ isn’t now classed as sectarian.
It's hardly surprising, given both of the main contributors have written for the Rhecord/Mail and are mainstream journos.Off the ball now just descending into a farce.
H&H = bad
Bringing up the Daily Record = whataboutery
It's hardly surprising, given both of the main contributors have written for the Rhecord/Mail and are mainstream journos.
Cosgrove has been a Rangers-hater and a bigot for decades, Cowan just along for the ride and the free buffet.
Expecting them to demonstrate integrity at the is stage of the game?
Don't bother.
Not unexpected.Off the ball now just descending into a farce.
H&H = bad
Bringing up the Daily Record = whataboutery
The DR has just very publicly been proven as a hotbed of racist, sectarian, homophobic cess.Off the ball now just descending into a farce.
H&H = bad
Bringing up the Daily Record = whataboutery
The key issue here is that the offender doesn't get to determine what is offensive. This is well established in law. It applies to Scots Protestants as much as any other grouping or community.On the Ball with Stuart Cosgrove
Below is an interview with Stuart Cosgrove. He is a well-known TV executive, BBC presenter, writer and most importantly, St Johnstone fan…medium.com
Hun not sectarian according to Cosgrove
The term is not deemed sectarian apparently.www.followfollow.com
You'll have a lot better time on twitter if you mute the word whatabouteryOff the ball now just descending into a farce.
H&H = bad
Bringing up the Daily Record = whataboutery