Squeaky Courier

[oorly gourlay]

Is it my imagination or has the "Courier" taken a sudden liking to all things pertaining to Mid-Argyll since the editor departed? Although the half marathon and 10k were given priority on the front page, I really felt that the coverage, especially photographic, was pathetic and could have been done so much better. Compare this to the yachty event up at Dookerville and you might agree, or am I being too pro-Campbeltown again? To my insular mind, I felt that the articles and reports were much more suited to the "Squeak" (Mid-Argyll Advertiser to the uninitiated) than to our community.

Anyone else agree?

oorly

[Mary G]

Funny, I thought the exact same thing when I read it yesterday. I had not made any connection with editor positions, however, sounds credible.

[4th gen Suthen']

I thought that too.....loadsa yatts and yattsmen and not many runners in C/town

[ullean's mum]

i agree,thought i had recieved the advertiser instead of the courier.

[Surfbored]

Actually, given forums like this, the Courier is well past it's sell by date (and certainly it's price tag) .. it's more an institution or a ritual (2minutes silence).
As already noted by some, it also boasts the worst and least informative website of all time.

[Sweltered]

getting on for 2months since the"website" was updated.

[jdcarra]

Is it my imagination or has the "Courier" taken a sudden liking to all things pertaining to Mid-Argyll since the editor departed? Although the half marathon and 10k were given priority on the front page, I really felt that the coverage, especially photographic, was pathetic and could have been done so much better. Compare this to the yachty event up at Dookerville and you might agree, or am I being too pro-Campbeltown again? To my insular mind, I felt that the articles and reports were much more suited to the "Squeak" (Mid-Argyll Advertiser to the uninitiated) than to our community.

Anyone else agree?

oorly

I also must agree with the above. Also, four pages of cars, boats and caravans for sale/wanted. Beginning to turn into a AD Trader.

Was expecting a nice picture and a bit of a write up on Kintyre Crime Prevention Panels new project for this year.

Looking to this weeks issue

[paraffin man]

Aye it must be turmoil at the top!

the Oban times had not got any cars for sale in it either, so it not only the courier.

[Moyster]

Totally agree with all the comments on this. As it is nice to have information on what is happening over Kintyre, we do pay 60p for the CAMPBELTOWN courier, it is nice for us toonies to read about more local info!!

The write up for the Kintyre half mar/10k was ok, but i thought it could have been sooo much better, even some more photos please!!!

Fae Moysters wife x[/b]

[mrn]

The problem with businesses like the Courier and others in the town is CHANGE.

Don't like it and if anyone suggests anything different.....

[Mary G]

Another squeaky-ish Courier this week. And a basic error of geography: Bordadubh is not in Southend.
This is not very clever at all.

[jane59]

You know what they say....don`t beleive everything you read in the papers..........

[Fat Bob]

Ok, so the Courier made a mistake! Wow shoot the staff now! Not that I would know or anything but this could have perhaps been because the incorrect information was supplied? I have strong connections with the paper and feel that if you have a problem you should perhaps contact the editor and express your opinions instead of hiding in this forum and gossiping cowardly. I would also like to point out that, despite your efforts to 'slag' the courier off every week, I notice most of you continue to purchase a copy! You say the courier is full of 'squeek' stuff as you refer to it, but Tarbert is in the Courier's circulation area and therefore I know the reporters have to also cater for people living there. I know that the leisure pages in the paper are also shared with the 'squeek' and always have been so this is not something new. I challenge you to point out a story in this week's Courier, with the exception of the leisure pages, which does not have any Kintyre connections! If it was, for example, a bakery you were slagging off because their rolls were too hard then you could get done for slander. This is exactly the same. The Courier is a local business with a small workforce of around six. If you're insulting the paper you would be as well mentioning the names of all the staff who work there because at the end of the day it is them you're trying to get at. I think we should be supporting local businesses all the way but know what they say: If you don't like what's in it - don't buy it!

[4th gen Suthen']

Fat Bob beat me to it....this week the Courier has loads of local Kintyre/Campbeltown content.

The two front page stories, all 3 on page 2. 3 of the 4 on page 3 + the Argyll& Bute personal health scare story which has relevance to all here.

Machrihanish clean beach, Three C/town ladies doing the Moon Walk and FIVE Southend ladies at the Red Cross coffee morning.

All the stories on page 5 + two local adverts on the next page.

Page 6 the same...Kintyre/Ctown adverts all the way...and so on to the end....C/town Boys V Tarbert.........

Not always been the biggest Courier supporter but ALWAYS buy it and always look forward to reading it......

But Bordadubh is def not in Southend!!

Glenbreckerie and Scavach are......
Anybody remember when Scavach was done up as an outdoor centre? maybe by the Scouts....but that is another thread altogether.......

[Mary G]

Hey Fat Bob, I am a very much a supporter of the Courier, and as you rightly point out I buy it regularly – and very happily! As with anything that you support, be it a football team or a family member, when things start to go slightly awry – perhaps a couple of bad results, or a wayward phase – then precisely because you support them, you make your views known. You want to help get things sorted, and that can only happen if things are aired. You are right, I could contact the editor, however I have e-mailed in the past and got no response.

In any case, the Courier should get worried when no-one bothers to comment on it all. People do care about it, and want it to be as good as it can be. I have said here before that it is right and proper that we have this forum, local radio, the Courier, and all other communications methods available to us to keep the information flowing in the community.

The reason that I pointed out the Bordadudh error is that that I find it hard to believe that anyone working at the Courier (and I know at least two quite well) thinks that Bordadubh is in Southend. In fact, most people in Kintyre know that it is north of the town. It is about basic reporting and editing. So, I think they will be a bit annoyed about it themselves. And any organisation that wants to improve itself is usually happy to hear feedback. So I do hope that the people at the Courier take the comments in the spirit intended – honest feedback to help them.