26th of foot 5,825 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 He never mentioned the word Celtic though and as the report went on it was just about sectarian singing the pyrotechnics were forgotten. Funny enough the Dutch Football Association had a vote recently that the players themselves can decide to leave the field if racist or offensive singing is heard. If Alan Stubbs decided enough was enough with the offensive chants against him then he could have called his team off the field. The Dutch took this vote after Kevin-Prince Boateng was subjected to racist chants in a friendly Pro Patria-AC Milan, and walked off the field. FIFA didn't take a good view to his action. The Dutch want players to know they can take this action if they feel it necessary. The security officer of the home team had to make that decision in the past. The spokesmen said they were totally against taking points away from the teams though as you are punishing the club and the whole support for a few idiots It was a compiled report, thus it was okayed for broadcast by the News Editor. Find out who is the News Editor that allowed a subjective report to go out, and bring the necessary pressure to bear. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,219 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Anyone willing to ask Scrote whether he was at the Scum vs Ajax game? And if he was there, whether his otherwise impaired hearing caught the wee tune sung against Ronald DeBoer by just a few thousand jolly craigsters that night? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,079 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 by lumping us all together it takes the spotlight away from parkhead where the real problem is 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinstein 294 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 by lumping us all together it takes the spotlight away from parkhead where the real problem is He's deliberately implying sectarian singing is Rangers problem and omitting the chants at the tims game, which he says is all about flares 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,219 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 There are laws out there, even that new bill about discriminatory stuff. The media and the football authorities shunt the issue at the Scumhut et al as good as possible. All it needs some hardball Police Commander in Chief who takes all who go against the rules to the side and hand them a severe talking to. And a list of songs that are deemed unacceptable and inappropriate. Once people are getting caught again, they get lifted. Harsh? Well, it would force the Scum to accept that they are part of the problem ... and guess what, soon their apologists and high-up fans will call for more lenient rules and laws and all this will go away again. If only(, on so many levels) ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,876 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 His report on the Radio Scotland newsdrive programme really irritated me for much of the reasons mentioned above. Mental gymnastics he goes through so as not to annoy Lawwell really is a site to behold. I can't say I'm overly keen on banning journalists, but I would make a few exceptions, and McLaughlin is one of them. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,829 Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) THE BBC have launched a fresh Ibrox boycott after Rangers banned the public service broadcaster's senior sports reporter Chris McLaughlin from the club ground. The BBC dropped a nearly month-long boycott of Ibrox in August after Rangers agreed to drop a ban on the reporter following talks. But it has emerged that the BBC was told two weeks ago that the reporter was again not welcome at Ibrox. Herald Scotland: It is understood that there was no BBC reporter at Ibrox on Saturday when Rangers beat Livingston 4-1. BBC Scotland said: "We are disappointed that Rangers took the decision to ban our reporter Chris McLaughlin from Ibrox. We believe it is unjustifiable and we stand by the integrity and the quality of our journalism. "We will continue to report on Rangers both on and off the pitch and will feature match action where appropriate but, until this issue is resolved, we will not be sending journalists to Ibrox or attending Rangers’ press conferences.” Over 250 signed a petition within six hours of its launch by Bears Fightback calling for Mr McLaughlin to be removed from his role claiming "he cannot be impartial" when reporting on Rangers. It raised concern that the BBC had "refused to send a reporter to the third most attended match in Scotland... due to this employee being banned from the stadium". Fans previously lodged their concerns about a previous BBC boycott which began with the club's 3-0 victory over Peterhead at the beginning of August. Mr McLaughlin was told he was not welcome after being accused of filing misleading and unbalanced reports by Rangers. Some fans protested to the BBC and to the communications regulator Ofcom saying the BBC actions were indicative of what they felt was a continued bias against the club. BBC sources then insisted there would be no staff member going to Ibrox until the ban on Mr McLaughlin is lifted and they would rely on agency staff. The BBC then insisted they had no choice but to take action after Mr McLaughlin was told to stay away. Rangers has previously said its concerns with coverage came to a head after a BBC report 'unfairly focused' on the arrest of Rangers fans after the club’s 6-2 win over Hibs. Some Rangers fans complained about the previous boycott saying that the BBC actions were indicative of what they felt was a continued bias against the club. In response, complainers were told by a BBC complaints representative that BBC Scotland felt the ban on Mr McLaughlin was unjustified. Two years ago, Rangers banned BBC journalists Chris McLaughlin and Chick Young from the club's stadium and training ground after the broadcaster revealed a leaked document which indicated a plot to sack manager Ally McCoist. In July 2011, the Beeb were banned and later issued an apology to McCoist over their reporting of his views on football violence and sectarianism. A second ban came three months later over their documentary Rangers – The Inside Story about Craig Whyte’s disastrous club takeover. In September, 2012, the BBC infuriated the club again with a spoof of the American TV drama Mad Men depicting McCoist falling from a building. Edited January 20, 2016 by BEARGER Wee vid 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,386 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 BBC Boycot?,they don't go to Ibrox anyway,long may it continue 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragosani 60 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 so they will be relying on Agency staff?? oh well! That means they have to spend more money on hiring someone else to do his work! who knows maybe we'll get a balanced report 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 And we pay for these c@nts. A licence boycott is what is needed and the UK BBC told why it's facing a licence boycott in Scotland. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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