kumnio Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Needs 75000 signatures, not far to go. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/independent-enquiry-into-bbc-bias-regards-scottish-independence-referendum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Some possible evidence here?.... https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152494209839221&set=vb.627679220&type=2&theater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilser Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Stuart Cosgrove, despite working for the BBC, isn't afraid to call it as he sees it: http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/09/12/balance-failure-bbc-scottish-independence-referendum-coverage-wrong-and-not He was very eloquent about his love for Scotalnd today on Off The Ball yesterday despite having Tam Cowan acting the clown while he was doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Stuart Cosgrove, despite working for the BBC, isn't afraid to call it as he sees it: http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/09/12/balance-failure-bbc-scottish-independence-referendum-coverage-wrong-and-not He was very eloquent about his love for Scotalnd today on Off The Ball yesterday despite having Tam Cowan acting the clown while he was doing so. "Our coverage of the referendum story is fair, accurate and impartial, in line with our editorial guidelines." Perhaps their editorial guidelines are wrong. As Cosgrove says, maybe their method of assessing balance etc is wrong. They are utterly in denial. They don't seem to be accountable to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brant grebner Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 John Robertson is back on the case: https://archive.today/pDjJ9 Professor: BBC's Anti-Scottish Independence Bias Increases as Vote Draws CloserGLASGOW, September 13 (RIA Novosti), Mark Hirst – BBC's anti-Scottish independence bias has increased, John Robertson, a Professor in Media Studies at the University of the West of Scotland told RIA Novosti on Saturday. "My research indicates that our public broadcaster, funded as much by Yes as by No voters, has betrayed its charter on impartiality," Robertson said. In January Prof. Robertson published the results of a year-long study of BBC political coverage and discovered that the British state broadcaster had, in its reporting, favored the No campaign by a ratio of 3 to 2. Last week the academic applied the same methodology he had previously to a one-day sample of coverage by the BBC following the visit of all three UK party leaders to Scotland and an international media conference hosted by the pro-independence leader Alex Salmond. "I applied the same research methods I had used before to measure objectively how fair the coverage had been," Prof. Robertson told RIA Novosti. "Looking first at the total number of statements by presenters, politicians, business people and citizens supportive of the No campaign I then contrasted that with supporting statements for Yes and found the ratio of slightly more than 2 to 1 is more biased in favor of No than I had found in February," Prof. Robertson said. "In February I had also found a tendency for anti-Yes statements to precede pro-Yes statements forcing the latter onto the defensive," Robertson added. "This time in only one of six identifiable blocks of discourse did pro-Yes statements precede pro-No statements. This clearly presents the No argument as somehow "normal" and requires the Yes argument to justify itself," Prof. Robertson told RIA Novosti. The long-standing issue of the Scottish independence is to be settled by a referendum scheduled for September 18, when voters will be invited to answer a yes/no question that reads: "Should Scotland become an independent country?" If the majority of Scots vote for independence, then on March 24, 2016 Scotland will secede from the United Kingdom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goozay Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Stuart Cosgrove, despite working for the BBC, isn't afraid to call it as he sees it: http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/09/12/balance-failure-bbc-scottish-independence-referendum-coverage-wrong-and-not He was very eloquent about his love for Scotalnd today on Off The Ball yesterday despite having Tam Cowan acting the clown while he was doing so. Cosgrove is onto something there. The BBC would give Cameron a couple of minutes, then go to Milliband/Brown for balance, on to Farage for colour and ratings before cutting to Salmond and think they're giving a rounded view of the arguments. What they should be doing is - the Yes camp said this but then the No camp responded with this and vice versa. 50/50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 How Strange Cosgrove never called it when his employers where doing the same thing over Rangers.Vested interests I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goozay Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 How Strange Cosgrove never called it when his employers where doing the same thing over Rangers.Vested interests I suppose. His employers? Channel 4? Are they on The List too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) His employers? Channel 4? Are they on The List too? He gets paid by the BBC for his gig doesn't he? Freelance or not. As for the List retort, thats ironic Edited September 14, 2014 by EddardStark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAS Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I don't know Cosgrove, but I think he could care less about The Rangers scenario. This referendum is of national importance and will affect every Scots-person the world over. There are more important things in life than worrying about a diddy team who cheated then were found out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I don't know Cosgrove, but I think he could care less about The Rangers scenario. This referendum is of national importance and will affect every Scots-person the world over. There are more important things in life than worrying about a diddy team who cheated then were found out. Each to their own :wink2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wine bibber Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 All of my family have just signed this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) How Strange Cosgrove never called it when his employers where doing the same thing over Rangers.Vested interests I suppose.Maybe he likes Scotland and despises Rangers?I'm sure many of us can relate to that. Edited September 14, 2014 by Squirrelhumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark frae Crieff Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Maybe he likes Scotland and despises Rangers? I'm sure many of us can relate to that. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartandon Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 How Strange Cosgrove never called it when his employers where doing the same thing over Rangers.Vested interests I suppose. There are more important things in life than football. The referendum is about the future of our country. If you can't see that the referendum is the most important thing to happen in our lifetimes, you need to wake up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Signed and shared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_fadiator Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I'll sign it, but would prefer it to say "inquiry"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 The case for the prosecution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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