Rangers - Fake News Generator

[RunDAMC 0]

I think unfortunately we've witnessed the perfect storm of the explosion of social media and blogging, the collapse of the Murray empire and all of the effects that had on Rangers, and even things like Indyref which gave a voice to every anti British conspiracy theorist out there.

As said above, the club would need to devote considerable funds to litigate every damaging story out there, rather it's the Rangers support ourselves that need to 'carry the fight' by sensibly arguing against the fallacies created where applicable and making sure that our message is getting the mainstream exposure that some of the unhinged 'Celtic' bloggers seem to get.

[limeburner 0]

I think unfortunately we've witnessed the perfect storm of the explosion of social media and blogging, the collapse of the Murray empire and all of the effects that had on Rangers, and even things like Indyref which gave a voice to every anti British conspiracy theorist out there.

As said above, the club would need to devote considerable funds to litigate every damaging story out there, rather it's the Rangers support ourselves that need to 'carry the fight' by sensibly arguing against the fallacies created where applicable and making sure that our message is getting the mainstream exposure that some of the unhinged 'Celtic' bloggers seem to get.

I think you are getting away from the point i was making.

If poeple are allowed to get away with saying we were throwing our children into the traffic---well, there is no hope for us.

No matter how much money it may cost.Forget the nutters,this was mainsteam media.

[RunDAMC 0]

I think you are getting away from the point i was making.

If poeple are allowed to get away with saying we were throwing our children into the traffic---well, there is no hope for us.

No matter how much money it may cost.Forget the nutters,this was mainsteam media.

 

Fair point, certainly were there is stuff in mainstream media the club should have a mechanism to challenge it, ultimately with litigation if necessary.

 

In that example though, I think eventually we need a fans mechanism to do that. The Club will always be nervous about challenging things not directly under their control, in case something embarrassing comes out that a fan has somehow misbehaved. If the Fan Ownership organisations and Community Interest groups ever sort themselves out, then it should provide a way of doing that.

[limeburner 0]

hamilton should be in prison-------that would have been an end to it.

[RANGERRAB 3,660]

Should the club at least not be pursuing these lying yahoo blogger via legal firms who operate on a no win no fee basis.

 

Not that we'd get much recompense mind you. The whole purpose would be to silence them & their spurious allegations

[RunDAMC 0]

Just to play Devils Advocate, while we can all agree that there's certain folk it would be most pleasurable to subject to a day in court (Phil, JJ etc), once the pandora's box of litigation by the club is opened, what's to stop them silencing Rangers fan blogs with concerns about the running of the club?

[Tannochsidebear 2,406]

If they are genuine Rangers supporters fan blogs, then it would be suicidal PR for the club to attempt to shut down our own, like it was for the Easdale/Ashley block. Our enemies however, deserve the full weight of the law against them, and as often as it takes to shut them up.

[craig 5,199]

I think you are getting away from the point i was making.

If poeple are allowed to get away with saying we were throwing our children into the traffic---well, there is no hope for us.

No matter how much money it may cost.Forget the nutters,this was mainsteam media.

 

Jane Hamilton, Murray Foote and the Record were forced into an apology. That may not be enough for you but their lies were highlighted and dealt with.

[StuGers 477]

Jane Hamilton, Murray Foote and the Record were forced into an apology. That may not be enough for you but their lies were highlighted and dealt with.

 

 

Whilst I agree look at the consequences it had for Jane Hamilton - she's been nominated as "reporter of the year" at the Scottish journalism awards. Some punishment that!

[cooponthewing 1,139]

I notice that the board had to put out a statement on this recent boardroom reshuffle which in plain writing was just a formality of tying up historic positions. It stated that it needed to be clarified due to a number of online blogs. This made me think - is there any other club in the world which has to deal with so much "fake news"? A quick search of Celtic FC news on newsnow identifies a significant number of "Celtic blogs" that are almost dedicated to spreading misinformation about anything going on at Ibrox, from the roof being damaged, to the theft of water from local churches, to boardroom chaos, to players leaving or being unhappy, to the next financial meltdown, to fake UEFA letters... the list goes on.

You then have the blogs that were "award winning" on the Rangers tax case that seemed to be based on leaked documentation from an ongoing court case. This itself is highly unusual. Especially as it was lapped up by the mainstream media who regurgitated a lot of mis-truths.

Moving on to main stream media - Scotland's best selling paper printing lies about Rangers fans, papers left, right and centre slating everything about the club from its directors to its performances on the park. Stories about how much punishment should be handed out on a live court case when the "guilty" (anyone that knows about tax cases knows that there is no guilt, just liability) verdict hasn't been given. The clamour to include Rangers in the child abuse scandal when there is a well documented case sitting right in front of them. The media blackout of what is a scandalous black and white state-aid case.

The question is; is this the work of a lot of deranged individuals who have either managed to get themselves a daft online blog / work their way into papers as "journalists" / "editors" or is this a more orchestrated movement of a multi-level attack to destroy the club? Is it just a coincidence that Rangers, which is a massive unionist instituation is under attack from a country which seems to be reeking of republican control in both the media and society with independence as it's ultimate goal ? Could it be said that if Rangers was damaged either reputationally or financially beyond control that it would actually have an effect on the politics stance of a large section of the population of Scotland's biggest city? It sounds crazy but the constant attack on Rangers and everything to do with it is really hard to understand just now. It is reminiscent of the "fake news" campaign that Trump utilised to achieve his final goal.

 

Any thoughts from anyone else or am I just a paranoid wreck!

 

I'm on holiday at the moment and have only just read this. It is a Brilliant piece Stugers! I could not agree more. This is being orchestrated from the highest level in the hope of ostracising the unionist community. This would potentially have massive political effect. Unionists who are still in the majority by a full 10% are being made to feel second class. Imagine life under independent SNP rule?

 

From what I can gather at the moment though, is that far more people are noticing the state we are going in as a country this time. I suspect nippys time has come and gone. This is her one last throw of the dice. I predict a poor showing in the up coming council elections too for them with labour gains. However the attacks on our club, history and culture will continue. Ending only when the racist and sectarian nationalist republicans are removed from power.