Social media distorting our reality

You may have seen that Scotland has the lowest rate of train cancellations in the whole of these isles.

- BY GEORGE BY PAISLEY MSP GEORGE ADAM

Fake news George Adam MSP says people need to stick to the facts on social media

If you did, well done as the news was represented in some media outlets as if this was not the case.

The decision by the Scottish Government to take ScotRail back into public ownership looks like it was the right decision - reinvesting money into the service without profits being paid to shareholders.

But it was concerning that this news seemed to be presented in a way that made the facts seem topsy-turvy.

Well, I'm not one for going down rabbit holes to figure out ways to reinterpret facts.

You may be surprised to hear that accident and emergency figures in Scotland have outperformed the rest of the UK for the past 10 years.