Journalists, who'd have 'em?

That pesky pair, Hamish Macdonell and Magnus Gardham have suggested that Alex Salmond's meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was kept quiet and have scurrilised (it's a neologism) variously about the reasons (you'll have to search down the Steamie's page, I can't find a way to link to individual posts on it).

If only they'd done the sensible thing and looked at the forward diary for the US State Department they'd have found it was promoted ahead of time:

Daily Appointments Schedule for February 23, 2009
Washington, DC
February 23, 2009
SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON:

12:45 p.m. Meeting with The Right Honorable Alex Salmond, M.P., M.S.P., First Minister of Scotland.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

Behind closed doors as well, I see - was that a FIFA ruling?

Tsk tsk tsk!