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‘The conductors pledge themselves for impartiality, firmness and independence…’ [From the prospectus of the Scotsman, 30 November 1816] Not so much a newspaper, more a way... more

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  • 58 of 58 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 steves001

    Member since 17/08/2010

    Reviews written: 79

    5 Stars Quality broadsheet with an alternative capital perspective 07/03/2012
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Reliably informative and entertaining

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Having to pay for the printed version perhaps?

    ‘The conductors pledge themselves for impartiality, firmness and independence…’ [From the prospectus of the Scotsman, 30 November 1816] Not so much a newspaper, more a way of life? The Scotsman is not so much a ‘local’ Scottish newspaper, more an established broadsheet based in the Scottish capital. Published from Holyrood in Edinburgh, close to the Parliament building, its perspective may be Scottish but its coverage is worldwide, and it’s now widely accessible. I’ve been a daily Scotsman reader for years, with a quality London broadsheet every Sunday and a weekly local paper just for good ... more
  • 34 of 34 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 scotlandizdabest

    Member since 11/06/2007

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    5 Stars The Scottish Newspaper to read Review with images 05/09/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cheap, Everything you want from a newspaper

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can be biased at times

    **What Is It?** The Scotsman newspaper is a widely avalible daily scottish newspaper. It has 2 sister publications which is the Evening News (for Edinburgh) and the Scotland on Sunday which is the big weekly round up of all the stories. **History** The Scotsman was launched in 1817 by Charles MacClaren and William Ritchie. Based in Edinburgh, they wanted to make a paper that was just for Scotland. It started out at 1d (a shilling) and had a circulation of 6,000 copies. By the 1900's it really started to pick up even though it was really still based in Edinburgh, but it was still going strong ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    polydeuces

    5 Stars Edinburghs National 27/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Very well written

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    It has been a momentous week for Scotland this week. The announcement of huge job losses due to the closure of the Motorola mobile phone plant was the main news story but there has also been a proposed merger for The Bank Of Scotland with the Halifax plc. Add to this continuing controversy over the development of tourism for Scotland and Foot and Mouth news and there is a lot to report. In sport Celtic have been presented with the SPL championship trophy whilst only 3 members of the Scotland Rugby Union team was selected for the British Lions tour. I have been in Scotland this week and whilst ... more
  • 4 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Jambo107

    2 Stars A heritage declined 29/03/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Good sports reporting

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Strong anti-European and political bias

    Once upon a time "The Scotsman" was well-written, often radical, and as well as providing impartial news, made cogent (and often acerbic) comment on the affairs of Scotland, the UK and the world in general. It was staffed by well-known journalists, many pre-eminent in their fields. Now, sadly (very sadly) the standard of journalism is thin, the factual reporting is still good, but the strong political bias (which increases as a General Election looms) is becoming an irritant. While it may be (repeat MAY be) acceptable for a newspaper to have strong opinions for or against one party and bend ... more