Comments on: Dic’s West was hardly the Western Mail’s

By: cambriapolitico

cambriapolitico — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:01:58 +0000

I wondered whether Dic Jones got mentioned anywhere else. Regrettably not. But at least the Independent takes notice of Wales – even if it is only through obits. None of the other London papers does, apart from occasional pieces on the Graundiad.

How different is the situation in Scotland !

By: David Banks

David Banks — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:53:53 +0000

Somewhat odd that Dic Jones gets a better obituary in The Independent, a paper that normally ignores all outside the M25, than he does in the Western Mail – http://bit.ly/VdC8m

By: cambriapolitico

cambriapolitico — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:15:47 +0000

There was a commercial attempt not long ago to found a replacement daily paper for Wales, in English. Unfortunately, the financial climate wasn’t quite right …
Pelagius can dream about an internet-based replacement for a daily paper. But how are you going to pay the journalists ? Even Mr Murdoch hasn’t worked out how.
Productions such as the Huffington Post are not much more than vanity publishing, funded by an individual or small group for their own glorification. Admittedly, the Post’s material is very good. But the US has 600m people – which means more chance of finding someone seeking the vanity. The UK’s got 60m, and Wales 3m.
The Post seems to be politically-liberal. Most vain people are tories, and if they’ve got the money, pretty right-wing too. Economics mean dead trees will remain the future of publishing.

By: cambriapolitico

cambriapolitico — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:06:01 +0000

Ian clearly missed the reference to Fairwater, which is next door to the Ely council estate, one of Cardiff’s housing disasters. I was referring to an individual on the Mail who is said to have come from Ely – although the only family connection I knew of for sure was with Fairwater, and is nice little village green !

By: Pelagius

Pelagius — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:06:10 +0000

The sooner that bloody rag folds, the better. And all the other sh*t Welsh (not) media. Don’t worry. We can replace them with our own internet-based news. But that’s up to us. Get working everybody!

By: Roger Harris

Roger Harris — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:16:13 +0000

The lack of anything substantial related to Wales in their columns is the reasonwhy I gave up buying the Western Mail earlier this year. This after having it delivered for 33 years, it has become total rubbish with no relevance to Wales at all. It is no better than the tabloids that own it. Sport, especialy Rugby, meaningless and shallow celebrity gossip is all they are concerned about.

The sooner we have a daily newspaper relevant to Wales the better. But there, that will help close the gap between the North and the South of Wales. just like not doing anything about the A470. The very last thing that is wanted, is to bring the whole of Wales together.