tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post3103683934271327512..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: "WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT"Munguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-37303814639539090442016-06-30T20:25:58.979+01:002016-06-30T20:25:58.979+01:00Yes, I'd say that was fair.
Out of interest,...Yes, I'd say that was fair. <br /><br />Out of interest, do these silly magazines about "celebrities" (that no one has ever heard of) and their "problems" (drink, drugs, fat, boyfriends, girlfriends, children, etc that the rest of us cope with without being paid to share them) pay VAT?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-50902176337337759112016-06-30T19:38:03.738+01:002016-06-30T19:38:03.738+01:00If they are entertaining and not informing, they s...If they are entertaining and not informing, they should pay VAT like everyone else.bjsalbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-5640020155419887492016-06-30T18:27:35.256+01:002016-06-30T18:27:35.256+01:00First of all, thank you Bruce, for making us the f...First of all, thank you Bruce, for making us the first post of call.<br /><br />To be honest, I think that the best part of the blog is the comments.. different people's takes on what I've originally provided. And often I am corrected where I've got something wrong, so I learn something.<br /><br />You must remember that you too are an unpaid citizen journalist.<br /><br />We still need the press for the basis of stories I reckon... you and I, even Stuart or James, could never have uncovered the expenses scandal... but less and less, I think. <br /><br />I read no newspapers. I used twitter, and sometimes it's wrong... but then so is the BBC.<br /><br />I think things have already changed and that is thanks to social media. I'm not sure that politicians have quite understood that the days of subservient press barons, working towards their knighthood or seat in the Lords, is coming to an end.<br /><br />Wings has a bigger readership than many of these papers, and as far as I know he's not interested in being knighted so they can't buy him. (Munguin is looking for the Icelandic Grand Cross (with Collar) of the Order of the Falcon. None of that British crap, so only the Icelandic government can buy him!)<br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-12708659751454543642016-06-30T18:15:39.891+01:002016-06-30T18:15:39.891+01:00Munguin is aghast!
But he say's that you'...Munguin is aghast!<br /><br />But he say's that you're quite right.<br /><br />What's the point, he wonders, of being a media mogul, if you can't do a bit of heavy duty influencing.<br /><br />VOTE SCOTLAND. SAOR ALBA...<br /><br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-68477869678959985102016-06-30T18:12:13.607+01:002016-06-30T18:12:13.607+01:00Well, erm, we needed something to make us laugh......Well, erm, we needed something to make us laugh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-26376141595923957542016-06-30T16:47:21.889+01:002016-06-30T16:47:21.889+01:00Tris
Maybe it is their job to entertain now, give...Tris<br /><br />Maybe it is their job to entertain now, given that most went to private school etc with those in power it is all just a game for too many of them, although I must admit I do like Owen Jones when I come across a free article, as I don't really buy papers now apart from the occasional National or Sunday Herald. I must admit to even enjoying some of David Torrance articles, it's important that you try to understand the bat shit mentality of the Tories and David certainly gives you their view, along with Massie and Nelson, the three stooges.<br /><br />But the press now just represent the owners and the powers that be, BBC included, they no longer represent the readers. I agree the headline is there to grab the attention of their perceived demographic but that is just a con as you and Stuart have pointed out, even with the papers I occasionally buy. I do like the Iscot mag though and have bought the last couple of issues.<br /><br />But the press are a problem, hence the rise in social media. My first read every day is your blog, esp comments to see if you have gotten back to any comments and for me to see where I might be missing the point. Newspapers used to do that, in the very distant past. Now we have to rely on the unpaid citizen journalist like yourself to get the facts and to the crowd funded professional like Stuart at Wings and James at Scot Goes Pop. In many ways that has been brilliant but in some ways a sad reflection on the dishonesty of the press here and elsewhere.<br /><br />Its not going to change and why I always try to encourage as many as possible to read the various blogs and web sites that encourage both an independent view and an honest view. If we can get enough people to take an interest then things will change as people learn more and those in power slowly learn that they will have to hide their lies better and are forced to bring in even more laws we hate and we then fight back even more. It will be an educational and political revolution, it just takes us a 100 years to do what the French will do in 10 but there you go , we're Scottish and canny.<br /><br />Bruce<br /><br />There is no fixing itGrumpy Scottish Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00804827054434626550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-42395157663821163192016-06-30T16:36:41.418+01:002016-06-30T16:36:41.418+01:00What is missing from the 'confession' is t...What is missing from the 'confession' is the word 'influence' which, truth be told, is the main reason for owning a newspaper in the first instance. The Murdochs, Barclays etc do not own the newspapers to entertain or inform but to influence, usually politically and, in many instances, it works. <br /><br />Would I be risking the wrath of Munguin if I gently suggest that whilst Munguin's Republic is entertaining and informative that the primary function is to influence the readership and a glance at the bold headline suggests in which direction the intrepid Munguin wishes us to be influenced? <br /><br />And it works for me...John Brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248027418059598116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-64949648315530513142016-06-30T15:47:27.823+01:002016-06-30T15:47:27.823+01:00Inform? Newspapers? Inform? Newspapers? bjsalbanoreply@blogger.com