I think you're giving the BBC's stance on being apolitical a bit too much credence. You only have to study the BBC's coverage of the Scottish Independence Refer

I think you're giving the BBC's stance on being apolitical a bit too much credence. You only have to study the BBC's coverage of the Scottish Independence Referendum, the Westminster General Election ('15) in Scotland and, well, pretty much everything else from it's news output about Scottish politics. This is a broadcaster that operates in "defence of the realm" mode with regards to SNP/pro-independence politics and news. For reference and for example: http://newsnet.scot/?p=115314 http://newsnet.scot/?p=115314 http://wingsoverscotland.com/we-need-to-talk-about-bbc-scotland/ http://wingsoverscotland.com/we-need-to-talk-about-bbc-scotl... http://wingsoverscotland.com/watch-closely-students/ http://wingsoverscotland.com/watch-closely-students/ http://wingsoverscotland.com/out-in-the-open/ http://wingsoverscotland.com/out-in-the-open/ Prof. John Robertson carried out an academic study on news output from BBC Scotland. The BBC tried to have him fired: http://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2014/06/30/i-was-bullied-bbc-over-academic-report-indyref-bias-scottish-media-blackout-must http://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2014/06/30/i-was-bullied-bbc-... I used to be staunchly proud of the BBC until I started to pay more attention to its coverage of Scottish politics in more detail, around 2005/6, and then realised that there was something amiss inside Pacific Quay (BBC's Scotland HQ).