{"id":14850,"date":"2024-11-30T14:44:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T14:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=14850"},"modified":"2024-12-02T13:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T13:05:39","slug":"shropshire-news-a-century-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=14850","title":{"rendered":"Shropshire news &#8211; a century behind"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<p>The impression is frequently given that these modern times are the era of 24 hour news coverage, but that itself can be very misleading, as can what is and how it is reported.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/uk-news\/2024\/11\/30\/unofficial-tallies-in-irish-election-suggest-some-trouble-for-big-figures\/\">Evidence for this comes from today&#8217;s Shropshire Star website<\/a>, which features the following headline under the <em>UK News<\/em> heading.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/ireland_uk.png\" alt=\"Headline reads Unofficial tallies in Irish election suggest some trouble for big figures\" width=\"330\" height=\"393\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/ireland_uk.png 330w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/ireland_uk-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n\r\n<p>Whilst it is encouraging to see coverage in the regional press of matters of more than local importance, one has to ask the following question of the Star&#8217;s editor: what is this doing under the <em>UK News<\/em> heading?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>When I was a lot younger, I recall being told in school that news of Nelson&#8217;s victory at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Trafalgar\">Battle of Trafalgar<\/a> in October 1805 took three months to reach settlements in northern Scotland.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It seems that news of the <a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/research-briefings\/cbp-9260\/\">Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921<\/a> and the subsequent foundation of the Irish Free State in December 1922 has yet to reach Hollinswood Road in Telford where Salopia&#8217;s Ministry of Truth is situated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>NB: The paper does have a separate <em>World News<\/em> section.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>Update: 17.00h, 30\/11\/24:<\/em><\/strong> In a textbook case of (lack of) editorial perspicacity, there is now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/uk-news\/2024\/11\/30\/a-positive-day-for-us-social-democrats-look-set-to-make-gains-in-dail\/\"><em><strong>second<\/strong><\/em> Irish election story<\/a> filed under the <em>UK News<\/em> heading.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/ireland_star_2-600x250.png\" alt=\"Headline of story on extreme right reads: \u2018A positive day for us\u2019 \u2013 Social Democrats look set to make gains in Dail\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/ireland_star_2-600x250.png 600w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/ireland_star_2-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/ireland_star_2-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/ireland_star_2.png 957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<br \/>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>Update: 01\/12\/24:<\/em><\/strong> There seems to be no end to the paper&#8217;s political and geographical ignorance as this morning a <em>third<\/em> story was posted as <em>UK News<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/star_ireland3.png\" alt=\"Headline to Irish election story Counting to resume in Irish election as focus shifts to coalition permutations\" width=\"352\" height=\"715\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/star_ireland3.png 352w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2024\/11\/star_ireland3-148x300.png 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<br \/>\r\n\r\n<p>Additional research has since revealed that the Shropshire Star routinely files Irish news under its <em>UK News<\/em> heading. Neo-colonialism and ignorance are therefore alive and well in the newspaper of record in my home county.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impression is frequently given that these modern times are the era of 24 hour news coverage, but that itself can be very misleading, as can what is and how it is reported. Evidence for this comes from today&#8217;s Shropshire Star website, which features the following headline under the UK News heading. 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