THE mainstream media “struggled to adapt to the disruption in power and authority that the ‘Yes’ campaign represented” in 2014, according to a new report.
The report – titled Scotland’s Sustainable Media Future – was published by the University of Glasgow and was informed by a series of roundtables with stakeholders from across the Scottish media landscape.
In a section titled "The role of journalism in Scotland’s future democracy" the report stated that “some thought that coverage of the independence referendum in 2014 was ideologically rooted in a form of liberal Unionism".