Is The Herald's Michael Settle Blind?

Here is the opening of a piece from yesterday's Herald, it's headline clearly anti-SNP:

You'd think the rest of the article would be about the SNP - but it isn't. After those opening lines above, the article is simply a boring little sketch about how boring the Queen's Speech is and no other politicians or political parties are mentioned. So why are these lines about the SNP added on to the top of it?

And is Michael Settle and his editor blind? Did they not watch the coverage of the State Opening of Parliament on the telly? I clearly saw Angus Robertson - who is an SNP MP, by the way, just in case anyone from The Herald is reading - walking from the House of Commons to the House of Lords. Here is a picture of him doing that from BBC iPlayer's coverage of the State Opening of Parliament:

In case Michael Settle doesn't recognise him, here is a picture of Alex Salmond - who is an SNP MP, by the way, just in case anyone from The Herald is reading - also walking to the House of Lords in the same crowd as Angus Robertson but some distance behind:

Then here is Angus Robertson entering the House of Lords, just behind Hillary Benn who is just behind Prime Minister David Cameron. I mean, really, you can't miss him.

And here is a wider picture showing Alex Salmond watching the Queen's Speech from inside the House of Lords, though the BBC have sneakily caught him while arranging the grip on his papers(or something like that).

In the same photo you can see to Salmond's right a tall chap with a beard and long hair pulled back into a pony tail. That's Chris Law - who is an SNP MP, by the way, just in case anyone from The Herald is reading - the new MP for Dundee West.

Even the BBC's coverage of it included Huw Edwards listing the names of various politicians he recognised as they walked down the corridor to the House of Lords, at one point recognising:

"John Nicholson, one of the new SNP MPs and a former BBC colleague of ours."

The BBC even included amongst their studio commentators Pete Wishart - who is an SNP MP, by the way, just in case anyone from The Herald is reading - as part of their commentating team:

Is the Herald blind or just so hateful of the SNP that they insist the first few lines of any story from now on must contain a blast of vitriol against the SNP?

I can just see the stories:

Sweden win Eurovision but not a Scottish Nationalist in sight.
David Cameron holds first cabinet meeting but not a Scottish Nationalist in sight.
New Horizon probe photographs Pluto but not a Scottish Nationalist in sight.

And so they will go on. I imagine even their historical pieces will start with an anti-SNP blast:

Christopher Columbus discovers America but not a Scottish Nationalist in sight.
Robert the Bruce crowned King of Scotland but not a Scottish Nationalist in sight.
Watson & Crick discover helical shape of DNA but not a Scottish Nationalist in sight.

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How tiresome is The Herald?