Complaint
A viewer complained the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ had shown bias against Rangers FC because βno interviews with the team or Manager were carried out prior to or after they won the Scottish Cupβ.
Outcome
The ECU noted ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland and Rangers hadΒ been involved in a long-running dispute one of the consequences of which is that Rangersβ staff and players didΒ not give broadcast interviews to the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ. Β On the morning of the Cup Final, the Editor of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sport Scotland held talks with the club, where it became clear Rangers intended to maintain its policy not to provide any one-to-one interviews with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ. Β This, rather than any lack of impartiality on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs part, accounted for the absence of any contribution from Rangersβ staff or players on the day of the Final. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs commitment to due impartiality was, however, apparent throughout its coverage of the Final; for example, the studio guests included two former Rangers players.
Not Upheld