StuGers 477 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) I had emailed the BBC regarding their impartiality when it comes to us and the reduced coverage. See email to and from below. Full Complaint: As a fan of Glasgow Rangers, I am often baffled as to why the BBC are choosing to exclude themselves from any coverage inside of Ibrox stadium. I understand this is vaguely to do with the exclusion of the reporter Chris McLaughlin by Rangers - he was previously shown to have reported in a biased manner against Rangers (he pushed through information regarding arrests at a match at the start of one of his reports and stated this was his normal mode of reporting whilst doing the opposite for other teams). If the BBC feel that this is enough to justify the boycott the club, then why have the BBC chosen to ignore exclusions in the past? (I.e. Jim Spence's exclusion from Dundee did not result in a boycott of reporting from Dens Park). As a license fee payer, it is unfair for supporters of a certain team to recieve a sub-par service (when compared to other supporters) in what seems to be a personal bias from BBC Scotland staff against a particular football club. Can you please let me know what you plan to do about the issue of specifically targeting one section of football supporters and purposefully providing a limited service? Especially for those who may be disabled or elderly and unable to attend the matches. Is there any intention of putting a personal grievance aside and providing a fair service for all license fee payers? Kind regards. Response: We are disappointed that Rangers took the decision to ban one of our reporters 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. The BBC would respond in exactly the same way if any institution or body acted in a similar fashion. BBC Scotland continues to cover stories and match action involving Rangers but in a way that does not involve our journalists in any direct professional interaction with employees or representatives of the club. This is a perfectly justifiable response to an unwarranted action taken by Rangers FC to exclude one of our reporters on the grounds of lack of impartiality. The action required to resolve the current dispute lies entirely with Rangers FC. Your comments have been fully registered on our daily audience log. This internal document is made available to all our production teams and senior BBC management. Thank you, once again, for taking the time to contact us. Details of the BBC complaints process are available online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/handle.shtml Kind regards Craig Osborne BBC Complaints Team Edited August 7, 2017 by StuGers 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuGers 477 Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 Interesting that they completely ignore the comment about Spence. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,409 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) I got the exact same answer when I complained, kudos to you, I know how frustrating it is! Edited August 7, 2017 by ian1964 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 The action required to resolve the current dispute lies entirely with Rangers FC. Or....the BBC could just report things accurately in the 1st place??? So, if they are continuing to report on TFC, but without any direct contact.....how are they ensuring that their information is correct, and are they not bothered about getting information out there quickly - having to rely on external/3rd party sources to publish the information 1st?? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,254 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 The reporter(McLaughlin) is not banned from Ibrox as the BBC reply states. He is allowed into Ibrox the same as anyone else He got his press privileges with drawn because he is totally incapable of reporting on anything Rangers -related in a fair & impartial manner. Few of us would disagree with that. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 They can't accept that one of their reporters is not impartial. While they continue to adopt the head in the sand policy things will remain as they are. Ian took it much further but again got nowhere. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,233 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Don't complain to the BBC orBBC Scotland. Complain to the BBC Trust. They are at least somewhat removed from the BBC Scotland cabal and have already slapped McLaughlin at least once. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) Interesting that they completely ignore the comment about Spence. They just issue a standard answer. They don't respond to details and likely no-one reads them. It's just an auto response, in effect. Edited August 7, 2017 by SteveC 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 The reporter(McLaughlin) is not banned from Ibrox as the BBC reply states. He is allowed into Ibrox the same as anyone else He got his press privileges with drawn because he is totally incapable of reporting on anything Rangers -related in a fair & impartial manner. Few of us would disagree with that. Exactly. It is very revealing that they lie so blatantly in their template reply. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 A pity we do not have the RFFF money to take them to court. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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