No Bears, not the annual Guy Fawkes celebrations, but the stance being made by all Rangers fans groups, forums and clubs against the constant bias against our club by the BBC. In recent years the BBC have done everything in their power to jeopardise the name of Rangers Football Club. Under previous ownership the club rolled over and allowed this bias to air week in, week out, unchallenged. Last week however new owner Craig Whyte enforced a ban on the BBC from Ibrox. Mr Whyte stated the club would be suspending all co-operation with the Corporation with regards to constant lies about RFC and also a documentary which aired about Mr Whyte himself. The program led to serious allegations of criminality against him and previous company ownerships, it also reported he was banned from being a director of Re-Tex Plastics Technology and could have faced a jail sentence of up to 2 years. Mr Whyte is now seeking legal advice, with a view to sue the BBC for the allegations of what he says are “utterly and completely unture”. He had this to say when asked by The Scotsman newspaper on the matter.
“It’s outrageous. I actually can’t believe that they went with the allegations they went with. We told them. We sent lawyers letters all week, warning them that these things aren’t true and warning them what would happen if they ran with these allegations. They’ve run with things that are totally, completely and utterly untrue. It just proves the case that they are a biased organisation, biased against Rangers. They’ve done it several times this season. They’re completely biased. They did it to Ally McCoist. Every time they show something on sectarianism it’s Rangers fans. One has to wonder if there’s institutionalised bias in there. It’s outrageous what they’ve done. Absolutely outrageous. To accuse me on national TV of criminality is an outrage. I’m suing and maybe the BBC are going to be paying the (HMRC) tax bill.”
Craig Whyte
Now when I said all supporters groups where behind the BBC Protest, that might have been a little informative of me. As once again FollowFollow.com and the RST (Rangers Supporters Trust) are distancing themselves from any supporter enforcement against the BBC. This isn’t the first time they have done so. Back in 2009, fan forum Vanguard Bears, organisers of next month’s protest, had a demo . This was resulting in bans for FF members who posted about it, as is the case today. Any mention of anything not profiteering FollowFollow or the RST will see your comment/thread swiftly removed and your account suspended from posting. It has even got as petty as Vanguard Bears appearing on the forum like this - **********. Like a swear word. This is the way FollowFollow have been treating fans for years now, if it’s not of their taste or in agreement with their views or in any way helping them earn. They are not interested. I don’t think it will take any Rangers fan in the know to need encouragement and back the protest at Pacific Quay, FollowFollow are becoming masters of their own downfall within the support and fans really are waking up to their dictatorship, because let’s face it, that’s what that forum is.
The group who organized the protest, Vanguard Bears, organized previous demos which I already stated previously, in 2009. That particular demo resulted in around 40 members attending the BBC HQ. 40 does seem like a low number, but I think back then most fans hadn’t made themselves aware of the BBC’s bias reporting towards Rangers. In 2011 however, there are already over 400 attending according to the official Facebook page for the protest. The BBC’s objective is to put division between Rangers fans and also between them and Mr Whyte. What they don’t know is, FF aside, they are bringing the supporters groups together and uniting the fans against our enemies. So if possible people, get yourself down to BBC HQ on November 5th 2011, and show the BBC we won’t stand for their lies anymore!
