RANGERRAB

I'm uncomfortable about banning journalists. Apart from anything else I genuinely believe it's counter-productive although I also dislike any curtailing of reporting because we don't like what the person is saying.

If someone writes or says something that is simply wrong then sue them. Libel and slander are crimes in this country, the laws to deal with these things exist.

 

If the words aren't actually illegal, you/we simply don't agree with them then don't buy the paper, click on the website or listen to the programme. All of these media organisations, even the BBC, rely on readers and audience numbers. If these fall then changes happen. It continues to surprise me how many Rangers supporters continue to read or listen to Speirs. Just don't. Don't buy the Times and don't follow him on Twitter it's really not hard. As a columnist he's only employable if he's read.

 

McLaughlin of course works for the BBC where audience figures aren't as important. However don't think for two minutes that they're ignored, they aren't. Now again we have the choice of simply not listening to BBC Scotland or reading their website, however I understand why licence fee payers would find that unfair. Again though you can still use the BBC, simply ignoring their Scottish football coverage.

 

Ironically I do think BBC Scotland's coverage of Rangers and Scottish football has improved in the last 12 to 18 months. They do have some decent journalists and there's more balance to their output.

 

I'd love to know what our PR strategy is now and what part banning two journalists from our press box plays in it. It won't stop either writing what they want after all. It has clearly played well with the gallery, perhaps that was all it's about; getting some fans onside.

 

One other observation. A lot has been said about McLaughlin's article after the Hibs game and his reporting of arrests for 'sectarian' offences. Everything I've read though has been about criticising him for reporting this, I've yet to read anyone criticise the morons who got arrested. Now innocent until proved otherwise, I accept that, but if we're all being honest we know it still goes on, particularly among a section of the away support. Whether you agree with these stupid laws or not isn't relevant, until it disappears completely from our fanbase people like McLaughlin will be able to report it.

 

As unpalatable as it is building bridges with the media is the only sensible PR strategy our club should have. Offering exclusives, access and help is a very powerful tool, all media organisations are understaffed and under pressure to fill airways and columns.

Can you explain how the BBC 'rely on readers and audience numbers' when they get their guaranteed revenue via the outdated licence fee?

Removing pondlife mhedia from Ibrox who have a clear agenda against Rangers was long overdue.

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I am hearing Tom English is tweeting his support for fellow hack, Chris McLaughlin. Tom has decided to show his solidarity by boycotting Ibrox. Tom is a principled man.

 

Thus, when Dundee banned Jim Spence, Tom boycotted Dens Park? When ra Sellik banned Hugh Keevins for two years, just lifted at the end of last season, Tom boycotted ra Stydome? When ra Sellik banned Keith Jackson, continuing still, Tom boycotts ra Stade de Gadd?

 

Remember, Tom is a principled man?

Will he continue to write about Rangers though? You bet he will. His Rangers-hating audience will expect no less.

And you can be sure that future articles written by McLaughlin, English & Spiers will be even more venomous towards Rangers.

Friday's actions against McLaughlin & Spiers are only the start of what I believe will be an ongoing conflict between Rangers and its detractors in the mhedia. The club must be prepared to take further action when necessary to show it will not tolerate blatant bias when its haters misuse their mhedia positions to portray the club & it's supporters in a bad light in whatever way possible

Peter Reid fae Peterheid is deid. Volvo forsale?

exposingtherhats

 

The “bans”, right decisions made for the wrong reasons

Posted on August 1, 2015 by exposingtherhats

 

https://exposingtherhats.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/the-bans-right-decisions-made-for-the-wrong-reasons/

In what way is Jim Traynor still involved with Rangers?

That article suggests he was behind the bans for both Spiers & McLauchlin.

I genuinely hope MW knows what he's doing if allegedly offering a 35 year MF player a two year deal. And I admit I know very little about John Eustace.He could turn out to be an excellent signing for all I know

But if we have learned one thing above all else over these past three years it is that it is utter madness to pay lucrative salaries to players in their 30's who are well past their best & have no resale value whatsoever. And being past their best they soon get found out against younger opponents in the lower leagues who may want to put themselves in the shop window playing against Rangers.

However time will tell as they say

Does anyone think the BBC will now stop discussing Rangers on their so-called sports broadcasts?

I've always maintained similar views on this. Vanguard Bears organising protests at Pacific Quay never did any good and banning the BBC from Ibrox (or removing their press privileges) never did any good either. It's not just a waste of time, it's akin to shaking a wasp nest.

So what do you do when these cretins continue to spout their anti-Rangers rhetoric time and time again ?

Just ignore it ? The dignified silence doesn't work. We have seen that it only encourages them to produce even more anti-Rangers lies & nonsense.And the guillible masses in this country will start to believe it.

If anything I'd have gone further and banned the organisations these cretins work for too but today is a start if nothing else.

Any chance of Radio Snyde too? Or Cosgrove maybe? We're on a roll here....let's keep going

Spiers purports to be anti-sectarian and all the rest but is a Rangers-hating bigot himself.There are many others like him in the mhedia and I hope the club deals with them all in a similar manner

Welcome though this is I still await action from Rangers regards McLaughlin last weekend.

I do not agree with banning Journos, I believe in taking them on.

 

The initial emotion is legitimate, 'good and about time'. However, he will become a martyr and a cause celebre.

 

Infuriating too in a way. Spiers is reduced to a weekly column in the Herald and a half hour golf spot on BBC Radio Scotland. Suddenly, he is high profile again.

 

I hope the club spells on the reasoning for the ban, and I hope they have got their ducks in a row?

A martyr for whom? The rest of of the mhedia pondlife?

Spiers should have been banned sine die from Rangers long ago along with several other pseudo- journos belonging to the Rangers-hating pondlife in the mhedia. If this true then it's long overdue.

Good stuff from the RST but should this not be coming from the club itself? Where is our new MD ?

Celtic.....

did you think that up yourself?

"He wont get Sports direct advertised in the Champions League via Ibrox."

 

Couple of snags there. First, it may be some time before Rangers are in any serious CL ties and second, the advertising shown on the telly is restricted to sponsors.

Although he could get SD on team shirts

You said the same last season when we had players like McCulloch who look barely fit to play professional footballer playing on a weekly basis. I think we have a much better and MUCH younger, more dynamic team now but I would imagine we will see Warburton pushing to integrate our own youth players too.

Only if they're deemed good enough should they get into the first team. It seems apparent to me the vast majority of them are not.

When Annan beat Ally McCoist's experienced 1st team squad at Ibrox towards the end of our Division 3 (4th tier) campaign in 2013, that's what I'd call humiliating. That said, it was results like that defeat at Ibrox and many out on the road as well which showed that these wee part-time teams are no mugs.

Are we not entitled to expect better results than what we've had against mighty Annan?

Or are they really as good as you are suggesting?

Obsessing about the results in u20 games is futile. Preparing individuals good enough to play in first team is not necessarily results driven.

Do you think there's anyone from that U20 team good enough for the first team squad?

It's been a heavy schedule. When di'd they fly back from Ireland?

Is that the excuse for getting embarrassed by a bunch of part-timers & amateurs?

An appalling result whichever way you look at it. Humiliated by a part-time/amateur team in the lowest division of Scottish football.

Losing 5-2 to a team like Annan is a dreadful result for a Rangers side containing young players who should be pushing for a place in the first team squad

what does this mean?

500k take it or leave it would be my final bid

No way should we hand that sort of money to our nearest challenger

This whole Scott Allan transfer saga is going to turn very nasty indeed before long.

Has anyone seen some of the online stuff written by so-called supporters of other clubs?

And some people say we should have more of these U20's in the first team?