# The Ferret

> The Ferret is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in United Kingdom. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Lean left**.

- **Domain:** theferret.scot
- **Website:** https://www.theferret.scot
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Region:** Europe
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Lean left
- **Founded:** 2015

## About

The Ferret digs for a living. Reader-owned and fact-checked to a code, the Scottish co-operative turns its sharpest tools on the pro-independence government it is often assumed to favour. Expect long investigations into money, power and the environment, released at the pace of evidence rather than the news cycle.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Independent media co-operative owned by its members and journalists, with an elected board
- **Funding:** Member subscriptions and donations plus grant funding and paid fact-checking and training work
- **Focus areas:** Public-interest investigative journalism and fact-checking in Scotland: corruption, environment, political influence, human rights


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [Three-quarters of 'sustainable' salmon farms broke environmental rules. None lost their accreditation.](https://www.theferret.scot/three-quarters-of-sustainable-salmon-farms-broke-environmental-rules-none-lost-their-accreditation/) — 2026-08-30T06:00:32.000Z
- [What makes a data centre 'green'? One major developer has lobbied for its own definition](https://www.theferret.scot/what-makes-a-data-centre-green-one-major-developer-has-lobbied-for-its-own-definition/) — 2026-08-23T06:00:13.000Z
- [Loyalist terrorist and neo-Nazi flags displayed at Edinburgh anti-immigration protest](https://www.theferret.scot/loyalist-terrorist-and-neo-nazi-flags-displayed-at-edinburgh-anti-immigration-protest/) — 2026-08-21T06:00:56.000Z
- [Salmon farms broke the law by letting fish suffer, say government regulators](https://www.theferret.scot/salmon-farms-broke-law-fish-suffer/) — 2026-08-18T06:00:43.000Z
- [Highland trout firm accused of animal welfare abuses](https://www.theferret.scot/highland-trout-firm-accused-of-animal-welfare-abuses/) — 2026-08-13T05:00:03.000Z
- [AI flooded the Scottish Government with wind farm objections. So they stopped accepting emails](https://www.theferret.scot/ai-ban-emailed-objections-energy-projects/) — 2026-08-04T05:00:02.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-07-27. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 6 (5 themes).

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