Angela Haggerty sacked from Herald

[gogzy 31,195]

On 30/01/2016 at 11:28 AM, AlBear85 said:

If he isn't already young will should be banned from here. Worse than a taig.

It hadn't already happened,  but I am doing it right now.

[allcinaye 336]

3 minutes ago, gogzy said:

Never seen that before     Brilliant.

 Them were the days.

[gogzy 31,195]

I keep seeing this "thrown under the bus" analogy.

 

Using that... it would have to be a bus, that they were warned about,  saw coming... then they decided to lie in the path of that bus and wait to be ran over.

 

They were thrown nowhere, they have jumped and decided to play the martyr after being warned by their bosses not to do so.

I imagine any one of us in here would know exactly what would happen to them if they defy a direct order from thier boss.

For so many years, this pish has went unchallenged, and the "journos" in this counrty have got to a point where they feel they have free riegn and can write whatever they want without any reprisal.   Well guess what, you fucking can't...and know you know it. 

 

Enjoy the dole que, you pair of hate filled, biggoted, gutter trash.  I hope you are never employed again.

[AlBear. 8,499]

Bout fuckin time @gogzy  

[Orange Persson 546]

Jock Wallace was like the old fashioned Site Agent.  He walked around with everyone trying to nail him down for a query or a snippet.

You got about 30 seconds and you better get in quick, because he is a busy man!   Feckin' brill! 

[Blumhoilann 6,712]

Big Jock took no prisoners,legend.

[WishartsAshes 1,137]

It's good to see the Hag and Spiers taking a hit but this victory is much more than the sacking of these two rancid hacks.

Rangers, the club and the fans, have been demonised. We're not just the bad guys, we're fair game. It's not just OK to hate us, it has become the norm to hate us. The haters would have us believe it's all about anti-sectarianism but by singling out Rangers it's shown itself to be no more than a hate campaign. And in doing this they have elevated sectarianism from a parochial issue to a national evil.

And therein lies the real reason these two were sacked. It was once the case that to say someone was a bigot was no more than an insult, no worse than calling them a upper-class twit, for example. But now, to call someone a bigot is a serious allegation that infers the person may condone, facilitate or engage in criminal behaviour. Previously, calling someone a bigot was no more than an opinion but now you have to be able to prove it.

In short, the haters have made sectarianism into such a great evil that they can no longer throw the allegation about willy-nilly.

Not only did they drag their employer into an unwinnable legal battle, these two have had their USP (Unique Selling Point) rendered useless. They were employed to throw muck at Rangers but it turns out that the law no longer allows this. Bad news for them. Good News for us.

[Ben10 2,257]

Veteran Scottish journalist Robbie Dinwoodie writes: “…in 42 years in print journalism I have never come across a worse failure of a newspaper to back a writer than that of The Herald and Graham Spiers”

 

The isolationist aspect of Scottish Nationalism is reflected here, more boldly than the uncreative, uncurious policies of the tartan stripes of the SNP. The murder and global jihadist plot to destroy Denmark over a cartoon doesn't merit a recollection in Robbie Dinwoodie's awful blog. Nor does the Charlie Hebdo crisis. No, the Scottish readers sympathies should lie only with the sad, fenian bastard who posts blogs from a dark room and has the indecency to call this behaviour journalism. When that nonsense is swept aside and one of Scotland's biggest newspapers rids itself of 'writers' who belong to the propaganda wing of Celtic FC, we are to feel ashamed with our freedom of expression quarrels. That's why the SNP find common cause with these deluded, untalented wage-stealers. They are all drinking from the same cup.

[thehost 11,061]

that filth, written by mcmurdo, was a disgrace

he should be ashamed of himself

I hope his old boy has a word with him, type of shite id expect from rhabid filth pretending to be rangers fans like that twat johnjames

[Carsons Dog 9,878]

29 minutes ago, thehost said:

that filth, written by mcmurdo, was a disgrace

he should be ashamed of himself

I hope his old boy has a word with him, type of shite id expect from rhabid filth pretending to be rangers fans like that twat johnjames

Was he still blogging then?

 

im struggling to keep up with all these fekkers

[Siam69 26,824]

1 hour ago, gogzy said:

It hadn't already happened,  but I am doing it right now.

Al Capone will be devastated.

1 hour ago, thehost said:

that filth, written by mcmurdo, was a disgrace

he should be ashamed of himself

I hope his old boy has a word with him, type of shite id expect from rhabid filth pretending to be rangers fans like that twat johnjames

40 minutes ago, Carsons Dog said:

Was he still blogging then?

 

im struggling to keep up with all these fekkers

McMurdo, the scumbag that he is, actively promoted John James on his global (stop laughing at the back) RSL Forum. Then when that folded, he actively directed people to the JJ Blog.  Now, not for one minute to I believe that McMurdo didn't know that John James was a deranged taig trying to sow discord amongst Bears and generally try cause as much damage as possible to Rangers. If not at the start, which I think he did anyway, he definitely knew, as did all sane Bears, when the RSL folded and he actively directed Bears to the JJ Blog.

What sort of supposed Rangers fan does that, how does the cunt sleep at night?

McMurdo has no integrity, no morals, no shame, and is quite rightly despised by the vast, vast majority of the Ranger support.

 

[GMac 1,405]

Love the Hags response.

"And that’s the key thing here, you have to ask who the winner out of this is. In this episode, it’s Rangers Football Club, but on a wider level it exposes the influence of corporate interests in our media. In the current financial landscape, that influence is ever more prominent. Take a look at the alleged influence of HSBC bank on the Telegraph’s editorial content, for example"

 

So we're not Sevco anymore and now we have the same influence on society as the worlds largest bank. We are that big.

 

PS and winnings what we do

[ger4life_1872 29,430]

There was a cunt at the front door of asda in govan this morning trying too flog the herald for half price

[Carsons Dog 9,878]

43 minutes ago, Siam69 said:

Al Capone will be devastated.

McMurdo, the scumbag that he is, actively promoted John James on his global (stop laughing at the back) RSL Forum. Then when that folded, he actively directed people to the JJ Blog.  Now, not for one minute to I believe that McMurdo didn't know that John James was a deranged taig trying to sow discord amongst Bears and generally try cause as much damage as possible to Rangers. If not at the start, which I think he did anyway, he definitely knew, as did all sane Bears, when the RSL folded and he actively directed Bears to the JJ Blog.

What sort of supposed Rangers fan does that, how does the cunt sleep at night?

McMurdo has no integrity, no morals, no shame, and is quite rightly despised by the vast, vast majority of the Ranger support.

 

Gotta be honest I've never read anything by the James guy and haven't heard anything from McMurdo since he last posted on here.

 

does he still go to Ibrox? Somebody must sit near him and know him

[Pure_Quality 3,295]

Haggerty has written a diatribe today in a nationalist online propaganda blog. This was posted in the comments section and is probably the best summation I've seen:

It's a bit laughable the media furore hats happened post these departures.

Spiers wrote a story where he potentially defamed a PLC director and one which couldn't be stood up.

The newspaper rightly apologised.

Spiers 'semtexed' (an appropriate comment for someone who regularly eulogises over CFC and selectively suffers from cloth ears when their IRAoke is in full voice) his own career by contradicting the Herald apology, which was written by their legal team. 

Haggerty, a blogger who edited a book where Rangers fans were described as the 'Klan' and 'Nazis' and resulted in the author being described as being 'tarred with a sickening sectarian brush' by the largest selling national newspaper, decided to support Spiers and his potentially defamatory stort rather than her employer.

The employer, Newsquest, then had a choice. Keep employing an individual who's edited a book by someone who's a sectarian bigot and attempt to appease the readership of their two fiercely nationalist Scottish publications, or jettison Haggerty to maintain the journalistic integrity of the Herald and Times stable of papers.

Magnus Llewellyn made the correct decision, and should be congratulated for it.

[thehost 11,061]

7 minutes ago, Carsons Dog said:

Gotta be honest I've never read anything by the James guy and haven't heard anything from McMurdo since he last posted on here.

 

does he still go to Ibrox? Somebody must sit near him and know him

mate mcmurdo penned a piece in the defence of this bint and spiers ffs

 

[scottyscott1963 18,205]

It might be snowing outside but we have a small ray of sunshine that the Rangers fans have brought to the rest of Scotland that we can get organised and make sure the poisonous Rangers haters are unemployable and unable to continue the agenda of hating Rangers through every rhag and we aint taking it lying down any more If it is to be freedom to express ones opinion it has to be far all,and not just to spout your poison for your own agenda. Fuck off ya ugly hag by name and nature.

[Dickie 12,905]

10 hours ago, 72barca said:

I don't think an HND in Journalism would equip her with enough depth of perception to understand what you mean.
#wasteoftime.

To be fair a Tim with any type of academic qualification is quite impressive 

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,123]

These inbreds don't seem to get it, if Speirs had made the same statement about a member of the Government he would have to provide a name and proof of said statement, not publicly but to his editor or the papers lawyers, obviously Speirs could do neither, which makes it deflamotory and slanderous, an apology has to be made.

Our board are unanimous in trying to stop offensive acts at Ibrox and this clown tries to undermine them with snide comments.

[RFC Eagle 4,888]

37 minutes ago, Pure_Quality said:

Haggerty has written a diatribe today in a nationalist online propaganda blog. This was posted in the comments section and is probably the best summation I've seen:

It's a bit laughable the media furore hats happened post these departures.

Spiers wrote a story where he potentially defamed a PLC director and one which couldn't be stood up.

The newspaper rightly apologised.

Spiers 'semtexed' (an appropriate comment for someone who regularly eulogises over CFC and selectively suffers from cloth ears when their IRAoke is in full voice) his own career by contradicting the Herald apology, which was written by their legal team. 

Haggerty, a blogger who edited a book where Rangers fans were described as the 'Klan' and 'Nazis' and resulted in the author being described as being 'tarred with a sickening sectarian brush' by the largest selling national newspaper, decided to support Spiers and his potentially defamatory stort rather than her employer.

The employer, Newsquest, then had a choice. Keep employing an individual who's edited a book by someone who's a sectarian bigot and attempt to appease the readership of their two fiercely nationalist Scottish publications, or jettison Haggerty to maintain the journalistic integrity of the Herald and Times stable of papers.

Magnus Llewellyn made the correct decision, and should be congratulated for it.

Interestingly this appears to have disappeared from the comments section under the article. Could it be that freedom of speech isn't welcome by the rancid followers of the gummy giver from Penilee?

[Siam69 26,824]

38 minutes ago, thehost said:

mate mcmurdo penned a piece in the defence of this bint and spiers ffs

 

Not only that, not just the one, he then did a 2nd blog yesterday, where he backs up what Spiers was saying.

[Smile 26,600]

I'm lighting a Candle for Angela.

[slimjim1690 4,534]

29 minutes ago, scottyscott1963 said:

It might be snowing outside but we have a small ray of sunshine that the Rangers fans have brought to the rest of Scotland that we can get organised and make sure the poisonous Rangers haters are unemployable and unable to continue the agenda of hating Rangers through every rhag and we aint taking it lying down any more If it is to be freedom to express ones opinion it has to be far all,and not just to spout your poison for your own agenda. Fuck off ya ugly hag by name and nature.

Actually that's not true though is it mate, her sacking had nothing to do with the Rangers support, the only reason she was sacked was for supporting Speirs after he accused a board member of bigotry and couldn't offer proof of his accusation, it was only when lawyers got involved that Speirs was sacked and the hag followed.

It appears to me that the only time the board are willing to act is when one of there own get accused, but not one of them are willing to stick their head above the parapet when it comes to the support being attacked.

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,123]

4 minutes ago, RFC Eagle said:

Interestingly this appears to have disappeared from the comments section under the article. Could it be that freedom of speech isn't welcome by the rancid followers of the gummy giver from Penilee?

They never do like to hear the truth.

[RFC Eagle 4,888]

Just now, ritchieshearercaldow said:

They never do like to hear the truth.

Its like kryptonite to them. Still its good the sites there it keeps all the half wits in one place, much easier to keep an eye on them that way. 

I'm sure they'll keep up their diatribe but they will slip up again. One day it will end up with them having to try and defend themselves for the lies they can't help telling.

Neither were sacked because Rangers asked for them to be. Both were sacked for undermining their employer and Spiers for gross misconduct following his inability to defend an assertion or offer any context.