Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson recently lashed out at BBC Scotland.
Robertson had blamed the broadcasters for highlighting almost every mistake from their club and also refusing to cover matches at Ibrox since 2015.
Robertson said: “We, as a club, have our own issues with the BBC Scotland. BBC have refused to attend Ibrox since November 2015 – and the dispute has gone on much longer than that.
“They recently asked to come to Ibrox, but only to cover the matches. They would not be interviewing our manager and our players.
“Now, if they are treating us differently in that respect, are there other areas where they are also treating Rangers differently in terms of the incidents which we are seeing being highlighted at the weekend?
“You only have to look at the Alfredo Morelos incident in the Old Firm game, where they seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time examining Alfredo’s actions, but at no time at all did they look at any other actions from that game with the same scrutiny.”
But now BBC have hit back with a statement of their own in which they have clarified the reasons as to why they chose not to cover the games at Ibrox.
In a statement delivered to Press Association, BBC Scotland said(as reported): “The central part of this dispute is that Rangers is continuing to operate an exceptional ban of one of our journalists.
“We have offered to return to Ibrox to provide commentary, as per our contracted rights, while we try to find a permanent solution to the overall dispute, but Rangers have said this is unacceptable.
“Our coverage, including analysis and comment, is editorially fair.
“We will continue to speak to both Rangers and the SPFL about the situation as we believe it’s in the best interest of our audiences to restore the ability to bring commentaries from all SPFL grounds.”
After this statement, the Ibrox outfit have received a lot of criticism and banter especially from the Celtic fans who have come to claim that the Gers managing director highlighted BBC’s flaw without even mentioning their own wrongdoings.
Gers started the season getting Gerrard to moan about refs. They then attacked Collum but Gerrard thought he was ok. They had red cards recorded and now, it's the BBC'S fault. Sky, BT, and premier show incidents live and repeat them, often.
BBC are anti Gers for showing reruns.— Michael Dickson (@mickrose76) February 19, 2019
Jesus,this clubs sense of entitlement is appalling.
Administration 2 can't come quick enough— Sheepy1903 (@Sheepy19031) February 19, 2019
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