Rangers shareholders Club 1872 have accused BBC Scotland of being “economical with the truth” over claims the Ibrox club did not inform them about the Everyone, Anyone inclusivity campaign.
In a new statement, the club’s second-largest shareholders, Club 1872 have also lambasted the broadcaster for their “misleading” and “disingenuous” response.
The fan-led group claim that it is “a serious matter for a publicly funded body to mislead licence payers who, however reluctantly, fund their work” and describe their comments as “simply not true”.
Club 1872 claim that the broadcaster was notified not once, but twice, about the launching of the Everyone, Anyone initiative.
They claim that any suggestion otherwise is false and the inference here is that they can prove so.
BBC Scotland’s comments came in response to an update from Club 1872 over the ongoing situation with the broadcaster.
In the update, Club 1872 criticised the “anti-Rangers culture” at BBC Scotland [Club 1872] and told fans the broadcaster is “strongly resisting any attempts to address their biased coverage of our club”.
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BBC Scotland laughably responded by claiming “suggestions of bias and malicious reporting of Rangers are baseless.”
They then went on to claim that Rangers didn’t alert them to the launch of the initiative, before discussing an “exceptional ban” on reporter Chris McLaughlin.
However, Rangers have not “banned” Chris McLaughlin at all and merely revoked his press rights at Ibrox. The reporter is still free to attend if he purchases a ticket.
Alongside McLaughlin, the likes of BBC Scotland chief sportswriter
Tom English has been lambasted by the Rangers SLO for disgraceful comments made about a crush at Rugby Park last week.
BBC Scotland pundit Michael Stewart has also been subject to stinging criticism [Four Lads Had a Dream] for disgusting comments he made in the wake of the crush.
There is a clear and obvious bias from BBC Scotland in their reporting of Rangers and anyone suggesting otherwise is either ignorant or willfully blind.
The issue here isn’t in BBC Scotland reporting on negative incidents surrounding Rangers football club, but rather their focus on Rangers and a distinct lack of coverage elsewhere.
BBC Scotland will routinely ignore various other incidents in Scottish football and exaggerate/sensationalise incidents involving Rangers and their supporters.
According to Club 1872, they’re also willing to publicly lie about their communications with the club in order to continue doing so.
