STV deep in denial over Ibrox price fixing cartel

STV’s credibility has been further damaged by their latest egg-shell treatment of matters Ibrox. 

On Monday the Glasgow based broadcaster went to incredible lengths to avoid mentioning the football allegiance of a man outside of Ibrox who was charged with singing offensive songs and behaving in a disorderly manner. The incident took place on an ‘Old Firm Day’ in a match played behind closed doors. 

The same journalistic gymnastics has been in action today with a press release from the Competition and Markets Authority over ‘Rangers’, Elite Sports and JD Sports being found guilty of price fixing. 

The press release is worded to break down complex matters into easily understandable terms, in the case of STV it allows them to flip reality on its head:  

The CMA has provisionally found that Elite Sports, JD Sports and Rangers Football Club broke competition law by fixing the retail prices of certain Rangers-branded clothing products. 

STV were at the front of the queue to pay up for media access to Ibrox last season, allowing Raman to say ‘Good Morning Steven’ or ‘Hi Giovanni’ before asking the softest of softball questions. 

A news agency like Reuters plays it straight down the middle, delivering factual news. STV has their own particular audience to feed with good news tales.