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‘Hang your head in shame’ ‘we can skip past the alleged bit mate’ ‘step up Chris or find another job mate’ BBC Scotland bottles out of Ibrox criticism

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Chris McLaughlin aptly demonstrated the lengths that BBC Scotland will go to to avoid offending anyone at Ibrox. 

The state broadcaster has almost become a parody as they get Kenny Macintyre, Tom English and Steven Thompson to front their output which goes to incredible lengths to avoid even the mildest criticism of the club formed by Charles Green in 2012. 

In 2015 McLaughlin, the chief Sports Reporter at BBC Scotland, reported fans being ejected by police for sectarian singing in a match away to Hibs. Since that incident there has been a bizarre stand-off between the Ibrox club and the broadcaster which goes overboard in drooling over all matters Ibrox-related. 

Yesterday, as usual, McLaughlin would have watched the action from Ibrox on pictures from Sky Sports. 

He would have noticed the five minute delay to starting the second half as glass was cleared from Joe Hart’s goal, soon after wards a glass/cup/container narrowly avoided Jota as he took a corner in front of the Union Bears. 

At his all-in post match media conference Ange Postecoglou confirmed that a member of his medical staff had been hit in the head by a glass bottle, requiring stitches at half time. 

Managers may sometimes be cute with their words when discussing transfer targets or injury issues, after a defeat any deflection will be thrown at the media to run with. 

None of these were the case at Ibrox yesterday. 

Rather than accept the word of the Celtic manager, as STV, Radio Clyde and Sky Sports did the Chief Football Reporter at BBC Scotland decided to cast some doubt on the incident by tweeting about ‘Celtic say’. 

With his vast experience and contacts McLaughlin could easily have had the story confirmed before he tweeted, he chose not to with fans quick to take him to task over a very peculiar choice of words.  

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  • Scud Missile says:

    Oh dear wee Chris still trying to claw his way back into the klan klubs good books where he is looked upon as the two bob journalist with a contagious disease.
    Another of the tea-cosy variety at ibrox sitting there telling lies.

  • Finbar muldoon says:

    Backward wee country. We get the “journalists” we deserve. HH

  • Johnny mcglinchey says:

    Someone should rattle pea heed with a bottle then maybe he can write the truth, fuckin retard. HH

  • Exiled in Ard Mhaca says:

    Bluenose Broadcasting Cabal(BBC) starting a report of an attack on one of its backroom staff with ” Celtic say” oh sweet Lord. Defund the BBC. Failing that don’t watch their tv channels or listen to their radio stations. BBC Sevco kissing Ibrox butt for decades.

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