Comments on: Is the Shropshire Star run by 6th form media students?

By: Merk

Merk — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:27:26 +0000

I just watched that Dan, it’s pretty funny.

By: Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

Daniel Hoffmann-Gill — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:26:20 +0000

A shameless plug of sorts…

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By: anonI

anonI — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:35:26 +0000

Hey Big Daddy, why the loss of interest in your blog.

Blog more… I demand it!

By: Doogie the Dog

Doogie the Dog — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:28:11 +0000

If you think the Shroppie (Shropshire Star) is bad, you should try the Oswestry Advertizer.

By: bigdaddymerk

bigdaddymerk — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:33:21 +0000

I take your point David, but I’m yet to be convinced that the the Star did anything other than let a Post journo do all the digging then reprint the story.

Perhaps I’m being disingenuous but why not do the investigating before just reeling off words from Tory Rent-a-quote Mark Pritchard MP as they did when this story first broke?

By: David Banner

David Banner — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:43:58 +0000

Re the Wrekin Ruby. Star had story, but Birmingham Post published first as prints in the morning. Incidentally, Star never claimed to have had story first, Newsnight voiceover implied they did. Newsnight interest actually in Star business editor’s exclusive on the original owner of the ruby, Michael Hart Jones. Star exclusively revealed link to the arms dealing, goat-serum selling conman who claimed he had cure for Aids and tried to sell a $100 million scheme to Richard E Grant and the Swazi royal family. Isn’t it good to see proper old fashioned investigative reporting skills alive and well on a newspaper bidding to survive with a skeleton staff trying to hang on to their jobs….you’d think they actually wouldn’t give a damn whether they got there first or not.

By: Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

Daniel Hoffmann-Gill — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:41:52 +0000

Telford ain’t Shropshire and you’ve always got to have somewhere to hate for no reason aside from a bad time there.

Goole is also really bad.

By: bigdaddymerk

bigdaddymerk — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:47:11 +0000

No I don’t – but I expect clarity and some sort of standards when there’s a good story to be had.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:43:46 +0000

It’s the same with the majority of local rags.

You don’t expect Times standard journalism from them surely?

They can write cracking articles on how Mrs Tiggywinkles pet ferret went missing though

By: bigdaddymerk

bigdaddymerk — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:10:47 +0000

I’m not having that Dan, take it back – Shropshire is a great place. You met a few bad eggs, you’re wrong if you think it applies to all of us.

By: Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

Daniel Hoffmann-Gill — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:03:46 +0000

It’s a terrible bloody newspaper Merk and you know it, it’s been bad for a while.

Having said that, I do hate Shropshire.