Rangers fans call for boycott of the BBC licence fee

We would like to thank all the Rangers fans who supported us, the petition will be hand delivered to the BBC in the coming weeks.

We would also like to thank, in no particular order the following groups

Rangers Media
Union Bears
Vanguardbears
Gersnet

The level of support and assistance from the admin on these sites has been truly amazing.

BBC Scotland has continually ignored pleas from Rangers fans for balance and impartiality when reporting on Rangers F.C or Rangers fans. BBC Scotland has not only continued to report without balance or impartiality but they even ignored several previous protests and petitions from Rangers fans.

Recently BBC Scotland totally ignored the build up to the Rangers V St Mirren semi-final at Hampden, not one mention on its Friday or Saturday news bulletins before the game. Not a big deal you might say? When contacted by numerous Rangers fans the BBC sent the following response:

"Thanks for your e-mail. Your comments were passed to the Editor, who has asked that I forward his response as follows: "Thank you for getting in touch. I apologise sincerely for this oversight. You are quite right to complain about the omission of this important football semi-final match between, StMirren and Rangers, in the Homecoming Scottish Cup. We can offer no excuses for our failure not to carry a preview report. I have spoken to the producer and he has apologised to me for this error. I hope it is one that will not be repeated."
Thanks once again for taking the time to contact us.

Regards Claire Jordan BBC Complaints"

Fast forward to the cup final and Rangers complete the double and what happens on the Monday? Andy Murray & Tommy Burns’s tribute lead the way but NO MENTION of the double winners or Falkirk. Again you might say "it's not that big a deal" but when you look at the following then you see a pattern developing with one thing in common, Rangers F.C and Rangers fans either ignored or featured prominently when the story is in a negative light.

*A South Park type Joke cartoon of Neil Lennon is portrayed as a death threat by the BBC, within hours of this report Follow Follow website is shut down. Actual death threats are posted regarding Nacho Novo on Celtic fans website yet the BBC ignores these?

*A Video of 2 Celtic players singing IRA songs surfaces but the BBC refuses to show it because the footage is not clear and it appears on youtube. Rangers are reported to UEFA and the BBC is happy to show a youtube video as evidence

*Last year when the "famine song" controversy broke the BBC used karaoke type reporting so everyone knew the words being sung. A first of it's kind, shortly after they don't use the same method to when Celtic fans sing IRA songs at Motherwell.

*Rangers were the first Scottish club to qualify for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, the following day this didn't even warrant a mention on BBC news

*The BBC broke the famine story from "Journalist" Phil Mac Ghiolla Bhain, who himself boasted on live radio of his BBC contacts. Research in Mr Mac Ghiolla Bhain's background shows us he's an IRA sympathiser, a Glasgow born self-confessed Celtic fanatic and a complete fantasist.

We could go with this list but most Rangers fans have heard them all before.

We at Rangers for Equality have written to Mark Thompson(Director General) and have still as yet to receive any response, we feel now is the time for the biggest travelling support in the world to show our displeasure. If this petition doesn't achieve its aim then the plans are in place for more protests, both at Pacific Quay and the London HQ.