It shows a commitment to publishing material sourced from social network sites and also ticks the box with regard to the ongoing crusade to fill each edition with a story about the curse of sectarianism.
Missing from today’s newspaper is any mention of a more serious and surely more newsworthy instance of Twitter mentalism and raw hatred.
Celtic marksman Anthony Stokes yesterday boasted about his studio visit with a group putting the finishing touches to another magnum opus to add to their IRA Hunger Strike anniversary commemoration.
You can read more about this – and further Stokes IRA love - here -
http://chrisgraham76.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/regan-stokes-and-media-double-standards/
But here’s the question which occurs surely to most punters: why wasn’t the Stokes story considered worthy of report?
Perhaps The Scottish Sun didn’t know about it? Well, that could be true. But it’s not – their news desk was alerted to it yesterday afternoon.
Perhaps the Scottish Sun didn’t see it and don’t believe the screen-grabs (various) or the story? Well, that could be true but they are happy to run Twitter stories based on deleted tweets (both ‘Limmy’ and, remarkably, Stokes removed their material).
And, more to the point, both Scottish Sun Sport and their head Celtic writer Paul Hughes follow Mr. Stokes on Twitter.
The Sun isn’t alone in turning a blind eye to such stories but as they were so keen today to reveal a sickening tale of sectarianism and bigotry it seems a shame that the top-selling newspaper in Scotland is so selective in their condemnation and moral indignation.
By choosing to highlight the ramblings of a comedian and ignoring the proud remarks of a footballer (Stokes later replied to one of the many people who had criticised his initial tweet with a smug “honestly couldn’t care less”) the newspaper has taken an editorial decision that should not be forgotten.