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Drive for Justice & Chipwrapper

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  • Started 8 years ago by Murun Buchstansangur
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  1. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

    So Johnston Press has today been publishing an very good investigation into driver sentencing following road deaths:

    http://www.johnstonpress.co.uk/media/product-news/jp-launches-investigations-unit-deliver-hard-hitting-news

    It's the headline item in i and every JP local paper website I'm aware of, except one. Can you guess which?

    Yep, EEN chooses to go with class hate (sort of) at Holy Corner Tesco and frothing folderol about the Waverley taxi rank (why exactly do the editors feel they must be the taxi drivers' mouthpiece of choice?)

    I had to use the EEN search function to actually find their 'contribution':

    http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/campaigners-call-for-action-against-the-chronic-leniency-of-scottish-courts-in-dealing-with-killer-drivers-1-4295975

    I haven't seen a print version to check, but why the lack of prominence online to a company-wide initiative?
    Anything to do with the s-c-u-m who habitually infect its comments section (including the link above) perhaps?

    Posted 8 years ago #

  2. crowriver
    Member

    Edinburgh is different.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  3. Stickman
    Member

    It's on the front page of the print edition with a double page spread inside.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  4. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

    Good - thanks for confirming Stickman. I actually suspected it would be, given the prominence in other JP publications. It's the online difference that's puzzling. Or not really.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  5. Stickman
    Member

    It's one of the top articles on the mobile version of the EEN site as well. Haven't seen the desktop version.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  6. chdot
    Admin

    Tesco on top of site I'm seeing

    This story some way down on the News page.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  7. chdot
    Admin

    Story now on front page of website (just).

    Posted 8 years ago #

  8. Stickman
    Member

    It's the main front page story today.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  9. chdot
    Admin

    "

    His son Chris Brown said he was firmly behind a new campaign – Drive for Justice – being launched by the Evening News, i and our sister titles across the country, calling for stiffer sentences for death by dangerous or careless driving.

    "

    http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/man-whose-dad-was-killed-by-lorry-admits-sympathy-for-driver-1-4298595

    Posted 8 years ago #

  10. chdot
    Admin

    Well it's on the front page, not sure if this is right 'angle' -

    Posted 8 years ago #

  11. Stickman
    Member

    Comments switched off on today's article.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  12. chdot
    Admin

    Just a reminder that the death of Douglas Brown led to a memorial/protest event involving quite a few CCEers.

    http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10741&page=4#post-118916

    Video -

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-23405361

    Posted 8 years ago #

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