Thread by @thefreepress2

Indeed. It's worth remembering the role the media played during coverage of Salmond's trial - judging him guilty before, during and after the trial.

We wrote about this at the time

Key quotes and link to the article in thread

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https://twitter.com/Jonathan_K_Cook/status/1365329731298729987

Sunday Times headlines featuring the word "Salmond" in the week he was CLEARED of all charges

Alex Salmond Was A Bully And a ‘Sex Pest', His Own QC Says On Train

‘We Are Devastated, We Still Hope For Change’, Say Alex Salmond Accusers

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Cleared But Tainted, ‘El Presidente’ Alex Salmond Turns Guns On SNP Enemies

David Mundell Calls For Inquiry Into Civil Service Conduct Under Salmond

Kevin Pringle: Perhaps Alex Salmond Can Emerge From This Nightmare As a Better Man

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Alex Salmond Is Not Guilty — Just Like Woody Allen

Salmond’s Victory Comes At High Price

Alex Salmond’s QC Gordon Jackson Described Him As a ‘Sex Pest’

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Note that these headlines were NOT cherry-picked - they're the only eight headlines in the Times that day featuring "Salmond"

And The Times were BY NO MEANS THE WORST in their coverage of Salmond

See next tweet for that... /5

Pre-trial:

“The @heraldscotland illustrates its centre spread ‘Big Read’ today – opening line “The trial of Alex Salmond starts tomorrow” – with a photo montage including the Yorkshire Ripper, the Moors Murderers, Adolf Eichmann, & Charles Manson"

Appropriate company? /6

Full article below - explaining WHY the media would show this level of hostility to Salmond

And will now over-egg the divisions caused by Salmond-Surgeon spat to derail independence...

the-free-press.co.uk/2020/05/13/ale…