Heres the reply from the BBC about my complaint: Dear ms Stewart Thank you for getting in touch. We are sorry to hear that you were dissatisfied with the interview, however; its the responsibility of the BBC and our presenters to firmly and fairly interview our guests. Our job is to hold politicians to account and sometimes that requires asking difficult questions. We believe Jackie Bird questioned Alex Salmond in a fair and balanced manner and that she asked the questions that our audience would have expected her to ask at this stage of the debate. Mr Salmond was given an appropriate amount of time to answer the questions at length and put his own points across. Jackie questioned Alistair Darling in the exact same manner when he appeared the evening before. Our presenters are acutely aware of their need to be impartial and unbiased, whilst covering highly contentious areas of debate and dispute between political opponents. They are highly professional and ask difficult questions of all the political parties. We can assure you that BBC Scotlands news and current affairs output does not take any position which favours any political party. Our political coverage is impartial and rigorously challenges both sides of the referendum debate. At the BBC, we are determined to be impartial and fair in our coverage and to bring a range of views to our audiences. The up-and-coming referendum is a long campaign and there have been, and will be, many opportunities across all of our platforms for coverage of the issues. Please be assured that bias plays no part in our reporting. We place the highest value on accuracy and impartiality within our own journalism and rigorous editorial standards are applied across all of our output. Thank you, once again, for taking the time to contact us. Kind Regards BBC Complaints
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:06:16 +0000
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