The Scotsman opinion piece, on UK Politics, 14 November 2026

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The mainstream media exposés that show why we need a strong free Press – John McLellan

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John McLellan's column argues that investigative journalism matters, lists press exposés as examples, and criticises Scottish and UK government policy on SLAPPs, press regulation and funding for local news. It is an opinion piece, and its argument is not a finding. Nothing in the material supplied shows a false claim, a misleading figure, a smear or any other problem that counts against an opinion piece.

Opinion piece: read for false claims of fact and for fairness to the people it names, not for its opinions.

What it gets right

  • “allegations of sexual misconduct against him”

    McLellan describes the reporting on David Walliams as allegations. He does not present them as established fact about a named person.

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