As a UK based Irishman I watched the BBC Sport News today to find out today's FIFA rankings and, true to form, Republic of Ireland never got a mention!
Understandably, England got a mention, now being ranked 6, then Scotland, Northern Ireland (61 & 62) & Wales (112). Nary a mention of Republic of Ireland.
They went on to give rankings of France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands etc. What is it with the BBC? Just because they are a UK broadcaster it doesn't mean all their viewers are all UK citizens! How they can say they are unbiased beggars belief. When I got home I was able to go online to find out we are ranked 33, so way better than the other 3 "home" nations. I'll rely on Sky for my Sports news in future.
Of course, should England fail to qualify for 2014 or get knocked out early, then if Republic of Ireland are still in the competition we'll be adopted by the English, a bit like Andy Murray! Rant over!!
BBC Bias??
posted on 29/7/11
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Get yourself off to bali,heaven on earth,g'day mate.
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posted on 29/7/11
Bintang the beer,ubud and kuta the places,the people,magic,enjoy.
posted on 29/7/11
BBC are biased in so far as every broadcaster is biased i.e. they will report on teams and events that they are broadcasting themselves...
Now last time I checked it Skysports have been exclusively showing ROI matches in the UK for over a decade NOT the BBC... hence the greater news coverage on their channels
Before skysports, I think even channel5 were showing some ROI games, however BBC haven't shown any ROI games since the mid90s so why on earth should they bother reporting on us when we're not part of the UK and it's not in their broadcasting interest.
If for some reason they decide to ever broadcast some of our games again, I'm sure we'd see more news coverage, but for now I'm afraid we have to stick with RTE and SKY
posted on 29/7/11
Here here!! Well said, that Bucket!
posted on 2/8/11
The person who wrote the article needs mental help.
Imagine a the British Broadcasting Corporation displaying the rankings of the BRITISH nations ??
Crazy huh ?
posted on 2/8/11
Did you just waken up?