BBC Bias

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The thing I find funny is....for all his elbowing he's never been booked for it and the players never complain about it.

But after that video and the BBC banning, reffs are gonna keep a close eye on it and opposing players are going to play on it.

He'll get sent off before the end of the season, I bet you.
 

Finally got a reply from the BBC after my furious (and rather rash) complaint.

Dear Mr Stone

Thanks for your e-mail regarding the BBC TWO programme 'Match of the Day 2' as broadcast on 12 April 2009.

I understand you weren't happy with this programme as you felt it was biased against Everton and indeed Marouane Fellaini.

Having reviewed the programme and the item in question, we felt that we were in no way biased against Everton. In fact the programme praised Everton for their attitude and their commitment at Villa Park. The studio commentators also stated that it was a fantastic match and expressed how much David Moyes had achieved without spending vast amounts of money. Phil Neville was also singled out as an unsung hero.

In covering football matches, we ensure that our commentary team provides balance across the programme. We do this by bringing in guest pundits or commentators who have had experience in the sport - on this occasion we had Steve Claridge and Mark Bright - both of whom have had long careers as professional football players.

We did include analysis of Marouane Fellaini using his elbows in both this and previous games. This was because our studio pundits, Steve and Mark - both of whom were full of praise for Everton in general, felt that his use of his elbow when challenging for headers was dangerous and that he was lucky not to have been sent off or to have seriously hurt his opponents. There was no bias involved and our pundits simply called the situation as it was. Steve and Mark have said similar things about two-footed challenges by players from a variety of clubs in the past.

Despite not being booked for any of the incidents we showed, Fellaini was still the first Premier League player to receive 12 yellow cards this season. Our pundits said this may be down to trying too hard to make an impression in his first season. The previous Sunday (5 April) Lee Dixon ran a videotape sequence of Fellaini's excellent footballing contribution to Everton's win over Wigan, therefore we can't agree with the allegation of bias against either the player or his club.

Nevertheless I appreciate that you may continue to feel differently and to this end I'd like to assure you that I've registered your complaint on our audience log. This is the internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily for the 'Match of the Day 2' team and also their senior management. It ensures that your points are circulated and considered across the BBC. The audience logs are seen as important documents that can help shape decisions about future programming.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

Regards

Craig Thompson
BBC Complaints
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Having reviewed the programme and the item in question, we felt that we were in no way biased against Everton. In fact the programme praised Everton for their attitude and their commitment at Villa Park. The studio commentators also stated that it was a fantastic match and expressed how much David Moyes had achieved without spending vast amounts of money. Phil Neville was also singled out as an unsung hero.



Plucky old Everton eh!
 
Getting back to the original topic, I didn't see that MOTD2 so can't really comment. However, ITV's coverage of the FAC semi was nothing short of disgraceful - How on earth is Jim Beglin allowed anywhere near a microphone that is broadcast across a national network? What a w*nker.
 

It was terrible, even my RS supporting mate said the same thing. For a scrappy, poor game, anything Manure did was met with awe and wonder from the commentators.

As for the the Beeb, they will do less coverage than they normally do on us now after getting complaints and being banned from the FA Cup press confrence. The usual "Yeah, they played well" less than a minute pundentry will now just be the odd grunt or sniff from Hansen and co.
 
After tonight game, Sky reported ok. Some chelski bum licking but said everton could have / should have won. BBC said we "HELD" chelski to a draw (more chances, no stonewalled pen) and "a draw was a fair result". Fu@k off with your licence fee, I'll chance the fine!
 
Shock horror I got a reply too :- :rant:

Dear Mr Mawdsley

Thanks for your e-mail regarding the BBC TWO programme 'Match of the Day 2' as broadcast on 12 April 2009.

I understand you felt this programme was biased against Everton.

Having reviewed the programme and the item in question, we felt that we were in no way biased against Everton. In fact the programme praised Everton for their attitude and their commitment at Villa Park. The studio commentators also stated that it was a fantastic match and expressed how much David Moyes had achieved without spending vast amounts of money. Phil Neville was also singled out as an unsung hero.

In covering football matches, we ensure that our commentary team provides balance across the programme. We do this by bringing in guest pundits or commentators who have had experience in the sport - on this occasion we had Steve Claridge and Mark Bright - both of whom have had long careers as professional football players.

We did include analysis of Marouane Fellaini using his elbows in both this and previous games. This was because our studio pundits, Steve and Mark - both of whom were full of praise for Everton in general, felt that his use of his elbow when challenging for headers was dangerous and that he was lucky not to have been sent off or to have seriously hurt his opponents. There was no bias involved and our pundits simply called the situation as it was. Steve and Mark have said similar things about two-footed challenges by players from a variety of clubs in the past.

Despite not being booked for any of the incidents we showed, Fellaini was still the first Premier League player to receive 12 yellow cards this season. Our pundits said this may be down to trying too hard to make an impression in his first season. The previous Sunday (5 April) Lee Dixon ran a videotape sequence of Fellaini's excellent footballing contribution to Everton's win over Wigan, therefore we can't agree with the allegation of bias against either the player or his club.

Nevertheless I appreciate that you may continue to feel differently and to this end I'd like to assure you that I've registered your complaint on our audience log. This is the internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily for the 'Match of the Day 2' team and also their senior management. It ensures that your points are circulated and considered across the BBC. The audience logs are seen as important documents that can help shape decisions about future programming.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

Regards

Craig Thompson
BBC Complaints

Slightly different from from Heatmiesers, Finally I got something to show for paying that ridiculous licence fee (y)(y)(y) and they said I can keep my blue peter badge :lol:
 

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