News doesn’t pay anymore

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At the start of the week our man in Poland sent me a link to the Croatian outlet who interviewed Nikica Jelavic.  I mentioned the player in an article yesterday and recalled his earlier comments, which I referenced as background information.    This ‘news’ was subsequently carried by today’s radio and print outlets in Scotland.

It’s maybe a low blow to bring out the ‘Lazy journalism’ point on the day Scotland’s formerly-largest newspaper shed journalists, although the point is perfectly illustrated, but lazy journalism always found its place in the past.  The real problem has little to do with the standard of journalism on offer, it’s about business models in the old media.  News doesn’t pay unless you can tax consumers or bundle it with paid-for football channels, which is not a good thing.

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  1. Gotta Go

     

     

    Good Night Scotland

     

    Good Night Ireland

     

    Good Night Wales

     

    Good Night England

     

    Good Night Canada

     

    Good Night New Zealand

     

    Good Night Australia.

     

     

    And

     

     

    Good Night. . Pat Gilmartin, wherever you are.

     

     

    Kojo

  2. evening my dear friends

     

     

    two questions, please…

     

     

    1 – did Jabba get binned ?

     

     

    2 – re the CL, is it auto-qualification to group stages this forthcoming season for the winner of the SPL – i.e. does the winner go straight into the groups ?

     

     

    thanks

     

     

    :)

  3. Sorry Laffetme not Elbows. Though rumour Elbows knows he’s past it and told McMoist as much. Maybe wichful thinking on Huns part.

  4. Partizan

     

     

    Surely they would want all their players fit just now. They can’t sell, and therefore generate some much needed cash, if players are unavailable for sale?

  5. Lennon n Mc....Mjallby on

    Home in Ogalalla,

     

    Home in Wounded Knee,

     

    Home in Opelousas

     

    Ain’t no home for me.

  6. Not sure of logic of it, but if CW needs to sell could ‘injuries’ be McMoist or players way round it?

  7. Never heard of Breaking Bad..downloading the first series as we speak though,to see if it lives up to the hype.

     

     

    If its as good as Sons Of Anarchy or Dexter it’ll do me.

  8. Green Lantern (((((0))))) on

    Re. that earlier post from the dark side. These peepel are seriously deluded, terminally stupid and unintentionally hilarious.

     

    WTF does “metaphysically speaking” mean? I presume he means metaphorically speaking.

     

    A little learning is a dangerous thing indeed.

  9. celticrollercoaster says Hail Hail to Kano1000 on

    Evening CQN

     

     

    Been out with Smashing Milk Bottles ( and a few others ) tonight and he reckons that 31003 is a defo for Fat Bhoy Slim 3, but to date his application still stuck in the post. Good luck to Stephen Black for his trip to South Africa.

     

     

    To date, we have 6 new potential entrants for FBS 3 to join the remainder of FBS2, so still not too late to join.

     

     

    We promise you:

     

     

    20 weeks of email nonsense

     

    You do the work and loose the weight

     

    We abuse you for being fat

     

    You pay us a donation for the charity of our choice (This year it is proposed to be The Kano Foundation)

     

    We take the credit for all the donations

     

    And there could also be a few beer sessions!

     

     

    Ghod, is that not attractive or what?

     

     

    Fat Bhoy Slim 3; starts this weekend

     

     

    Email celticrollercoaster@yahoo.co.uk if you would like to join

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  10. Back on Monday from my Christmas sojourn in Stirling. As usual, vigil Mass on Christmas Eve with the missus and daughter/son in law, grandkids and and eldest son. All the old carols-brilliant. Then to the Wallace for a couple, and back over to the house to help with laying out the presents. Talking to Rangers fans in the bar and they were bricking it.No-one wanted a bet. Saw the match with a good Rangers man, with about 7 others. One was a 30 something English guy who knew his stuff—Sheff Utd fan and well versed in the game.At the end of the first half, as Gollum blew right on the 45 when Sammi was heading for goal, he looked at mine host. His first question?–“Is the referee a Ranger’s supporter?”. No prompting from me at all. He was very impressed with Sammi and Wanyama. Thought the team played good football, and would stroll their division. His opinion on the second half was that Rangers should have had three red cards for Lafferty, Healy, and Elbows. Watch the Elbows tackle on Kayal– the ball is away and McCullough has the foot that got Beram off the ground and coming late. He pointed that out. Another thing was that a woman purporting to support Celtic, and from the Republic, quoted the line that Neil Lennon was a thug. Needless to say I got tore in. She had not one shred of evidence, one statistic, or any way to make a case. My son was surprised at me blowing my top (I didn’t yell or shout, but by Jesus I chastened her). She got the Scottish papers and watched Scottish news. That was her only argument. That was one reason I nearly cheered when someone posted earlier that Traynor was getting his briefs. Him and his ilk are a big part of bombs and bullets being sent to Celtic Park, and the world would be a better place without them.

  11. Mountain_Bhoy is Neil Lennon on

    Breaking Bad is sensational! anyone seen series 5 yet? I cant find it anywhere, boy in the oub managed to get it though says its magic

     

     

    ding! ding! :)

  12. Friday’s DR via suttonnick and HumanTorpedo…

     

    http://twitpic.com/83n6nl

     

     

    basically, rfc no longer after Scott Allan and Kyle Lafferty out for 2 months

     

     

    oh the blue bells are indeed feeling somewhat blue

     

     

    :)

  13. !!Bada Bing!! Kano 1000 on

    one for Sky+ bhoys,ESPN Classic 3.10am,Inter Milan v Celtic from sunny Lisbon 1967.

  14. celticrollercoaster says Hail Hail to Kano1000 on

    TopCorner

     

     

    Good to catch up with you the other week.

     

     

    Hope you had a good curry?

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  15. tommytwiststommyturns Kano 1000 on

    Just stuck a fiver on the Red Lichties at 16/1 for their cup tie against the cash-strapped sousiders this weekend…..and another £5 on the money-spinning draw (for the Govan mob) at 6’s.

     

    Oh it wid be sweeeet!

     

     

    T4

  16. As CW knows the sum total of feck all about football, would it not be past the cheeky wee chappie to have his sellable assets unsellable, I doubt the doc’s and his staff at the hun are too enamoured with wee craigie and it wouldn’t be too hard to shaft him so to speak.

     

     

    Just a thought.

  17. Sheriff Fatman on

    Just watched the Vatersay Bhoys prog on Alba, recorded earlier.

     

     

    Been fortunate enough to see them several times up here, tremendous band always create a great atmosphere, but absolutely loving the fact they drove their ( heartbeat style )” tour Bus” to Seville from Barra!

     

     

    Great band, well worth seeing if you get the chance.

     

     

    As I type, one of the band is appearing on a Gaelic cookery show, bizzare!

     

     

    Are Bangura or Wanyama on African cup duties this year?

     

    Would be great for Bangura to get games, would rather Wanyama stayed ( forever)

  18. !!Bada Bing!! Kano 1000 on

    TET-interesting, could be the case that players are swingin the lead.Try to keep in touch and have players back for Feb1.

  19. Green Lantern (((((0))))) says:

     

    5 January, 2012 at 22:52

     

    Re. that earlier post from the dark side. These peepel are seriously deluded, terminally stupid and unintentionally hilarious.

     

    WTF does “metaphysically speaking” mean? I presume he means metaphorically speaking.

     

    A little learning is a dangerous thing indeed.

     

     

    Noticed that absolute peach lol.

  20. Wee Swankie cld bury fat alleystair on Sunday. One of our loan deals scoring for fun last year.

  21. Ha, All this talk of great TV shows etc…

     

     

    I’ve just heard the funniest line ever on TV..

     

     

    Benidorm – Johnny Vegas arguing with old Mel at the poolside and he finishes with:

     

     

    “And that goes for Touche Turtle in the wheelchair”!

     

     

    Brilliant

  22. CRC

     

    yeh

     

    you too captain

     

    terrific to meet up with such a fine bunch of CQN lads

     

     

    the curry was at Assam’s

     

    food was great and plenty but i used to go there a lot when it was located downstairs – it used to have a fine buzz about the place – not sure why they have moved upstairs – and indeed did not know they had done so – the high-ceiling arrangement upstairs seems to have taken away some of the intimacy

     

     

    fish pakora was nice but a little hot with extra chillies in there – good big portions tho

     

     

    a CQN curry night would be good

     

     

    hope you and the lads enjoyed the remainder of the evening – looked like it was gonna be a good one

     

     

    TC

  23. Bada

     

     

    Just my twisted mind, but when your survival depends on things, people will do desperate things.

     

    Not that they will help him imo, the league is ours to lose and we won’t this time, of that I no doubt at all.

  24. Calton Tongues

     

     

    Since it’s late, I’ll take a chance.

     

     

    My favourite line from Film was in Far & Away when the ould Irish Wife tells Tom Cruise

     

    “Sister me ar*e, S*** her and be done with it ”

     

     

    On Facebook earlier, I read this “So Natasha giggs enters big brother ?? Makes a difference from err…”

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