Conspiracy theory

For years there has been the theory that most of the media in Scotland has had a hidden agenda against Rangers. I've always taken these allegations with a pinch of salt and generally laughed at the very notion, but is there any truth in it? I can certainly understand that someone who supports one team might find some extra interest in trying to expose or report with a biased attitude but you would like to think a certain amount of professionalism and pride in your work would overtake the basic urge to try and get one over on your rival team.

Lets take the recent BBC scenario, for example, with Chris McLaughlin being told to stay away from Ibrox, Chris had been accused of reporting on our club with a biased and unfair approach. He decided to focus solely on the fact a few people were arrested for alleged sectarian singing during the recent 6-2 victory over Hibs in the Cup but failed to mention Police Scotland had praised the behaviour of both sets of fans throughout the match and after. Chris was also accused of receiving information from the match delegate George Douglas before he had even left Ibrox. For me this is where my scepticism lay initially, if I was a reporter I would feel the need to report on all aspects of the game which would be trying to gather as much information as possible, not just the stuff that would look bad for the club. He likes to focus on any negativity coming out of Rangers and skip over any positive news, which is where the problem starts. Professional integrity is clearly not a trait Chris has and his bosses in the BBC seem to let him get away with it on a regular basis. and this was the final nail in the coffin when it came to the BBC having their journos inside the ground. The club removed Chris' Journalistic privileges from Ibrox and released a statement saying "the decision wasn't taken lightly, it wasn't a knee jerk reaction." So clearly the club have noticed the unbalanced reports being submitted and felt action was required.

So does this constitute as a conspiracy or just one or two journos having a sneaky pop ? you only really have to have a look at the paper or twitter feeds to get a good indication where certain journalists  fall on when it comes to impartiality and unbiased reporting, what I find hard to understand is how the hierarchy of these employers allow it happen. Tom English, Graham Spiers and Jim Spence are a few more who seem to show no neutrality when it comes to reporting on our club. So maybe I tried to block out the Rangers haters and just believe what I was reading was decent reporting, my own fault for believing it would be done with a degree of respectability. There are a few more so called journalists that I wont mention because I would we completely wasting my time due to the irrelevance and general line of hatred to the club is clear for all to see. As far as a conspiracy goes it certainly seems like the Scottish media has plenty of Rangers haters and I'm not sure why I chose think otherwise. I guess I thought that level of hatred would have been noticed and and not allowed to show through in people's work, especially within the media outlets. 

So with the report coming out soon regarding information being passed from match delegates to members of the press, we will see if anything will come of it, my guess is not a lot really and as per usual it will be widely ignored. I must admit there are so good reporters out there who don't really get the credit they deserve as the majority are tarred with the same brush. So within the last few days I've seen the BBC and Rangers have patched up their differences and Chris is now had is privileges reinstated and is welcome back inside Ibrox, as for Chris I hope he stays away and not have the balls to sneak in like Spiers did not so long ago.