[Enrico Annoni]

http://leggoland2.blogspot.com/

HIGH level BBC bosses based in London are starting to express their concern as to the way their colleagues at BBC Scotland are treating Rangers.

I can reveal that the recent run of stories slanted against Rangers by the Diarmid O’Hara led staff at BBC Scotland’s Reporting Scotland flagship programme has been brought to the attention of BBC management at a senior level in London.

A number of senior level Scots at the BBC in London have been keeping tabs on the way they believe the Reporting Scotland editor Diarmid O’Hara sets what appears to many to be an anti Rangers agenda.

This is particularly true about the way Diarmid O’Hara seems to indulge BBC Scotland’ investigative reporter, Mark Daly. This includes sending Daly on an expensive licence fee payers funded junket to Monte Carlo for the sole purpose of being filmed, standing in front of the harbour there delivering a piece to camera relating to their probe into Ibrox owner Craig Whyte.

But concern about what some in London regard as what looks to many like a vandetta against Rangers by Diarmid O’Hara and his Reporting Scotland, were further triggered by the way their most recent attack on Whyte and Rangers was handled.

The item made the lead story on Reporting Scotland was then touched on again at the start of the sports news slot in the programme. Then, on Newsnight Scotland, the Mark Daly report which had been aired on Reporting Scotland was repeated again, this time with a background of sinister sounding music.

There then followed a studio bound interview of Mark Daly, conducted by anchor Glen Campbell, which revealed nothing new and appeared as simply a device to extend the item.

I know of at least one London based Scot who has a senior management post who has been watching events at BBC Scotland closely and who, after speaking to another experienced expat, has now compiled his own report, featuring not only the Mark Daly reports, but also the many times and ways which reporter Chris McLaughlin handles stories concerning Rangers.

The most recent was when he clearly displayed on camera the name “Hunskelper” on the Twitter responses he was using to crank up his story. *** is a word which no less an authority that the assistant chief constable of Strathclyde, Campbell Corrigan, has outlawed as sectarian.

However, according to my high ranking London based BBC source, the man who pulls all the strings on Reporting Scotland and who has to be pandered to, is the man at the top, the editor of Reporting Scotland and all other BBC television news bulletins, Diarmid O’Hara.

And he is a man who little is known of. In fact, it is not even known if he is Scottish or comes from elsewhere in the UK.

Diarmid O’Hara has, as far as I can see, has only broken cover once. That was when he wrote a piece in the Scotsman whining about a dreadful journey back from a family holiday on Barra.

In the piece Diarmid O’Hara told us that he is married, though not his wife’s name. He did tell us that he has three children, who he was happy to name in the Scotsman as Cormac, Sinead and Patrick, as they also had to endure a nightmare trip back from Barra.

However, unlike many in the broadcasting industry, and that includes those who pull the strings, but do not appear on screen, Diarmid O’Hara is curiously reticent and is not to be found on Twitter or Facebook.

He is a man who prefers to lurk in the shadows and do his work almost anonymously.

And his work is deciding what stories are carried by Reporting Scotland, how they are treated and how often they are repeated. Which in the case of anything which shows Rangers in a bad light means over and over and over again.

Even on another programme!

It now remains to be seen if the men at the top of the BBC in London will deem the situation in their Scottish outpost as worthy of their attention.

[Enrico Annoni]

Nice of him to have no proof, and yet decided to name the guys children.

[yoda]

[Tim Malloy]

Enrico Annoni, on 08 February 2012 - 13:51, said:

http://leggoland2.blogspot.com/

HIGH level BBC bosses based in London are starting to express their concern as to the way their colleagues at BBC Scotland are treating Rangers.

I can reveal that the recent run of stories slanted against Rangers by the Diarmid O'Hara led staff at BBC Scotland's Reporting Scotland flagship programme has been brought to the attention of BBC management at a senior level in London.

A number of senior level Scots at the BBC in London have been keeping tabs on the way they believe the Reporting Scotland editor Diarmid O'Hara sets what appears to many to be an anti Rangers agenda.

This is particularly true about the way Diarmid O'Hara seems to indulge BBC Scotland' investigative reporter, Mark Daly. This includes sending Daly on an expensive licence fee payers funded junket to Monte Carlo for the sole purpose of being filmed, standing in front of the harbour there delivering a piece to camera relating to their probe into Ibrox owner Craig Whyte.

But concern about what some in London regard as what looks to many like a vandetta against Rangers by Diarmid O'Hara and his Reporting Scotland, were further triggered by the way their most recent attack on Whyte and Rangers was handled.

The item made the lead story on Reporting Scotland was then touched on again at the start of the sports news slot in the programme. Then, on Newsnight Scotland, the Mark Daly report which had been aired on Reporting Scotland was repeated again, this time with a background of sinister sounding music.

There then followed a studio bound interview of Mark Daly, conducted by anchor Glen Campbell, which revealed nothing new and appeared as simply a device to extend the item.

I know of at least one London based Scot who has a senior management post who has been watching events at BBC Scotland closely and who, after speaking to another experienced expat, has now compiled his own report, featuring not only the Mark Daly reports, but also the many times and ways which reporter Chris McLaughlin handles stories concerning Rangers.

The most recent was when he clearly displayed on camera the name "Hunskelper" on the Twitter responses he was using to crank up his story. *** is a word which no less an authority that the assistant chief constable of Strathclyde, Campbell Corrigan, has outlawed as sectarian.

However, according to my high ranking London based BBC source, the man who pulls all the strings on Reporting Scotland and who has to be pandered to, is the man at the top, the editor of Reporting Scotland and all other BBC television news bulletins, Diarmid O'Hara.

And he is a man who little is known of. In fact, it is not even known if he is Scottish or comes from elsewhere in the UK.

Diarmid O'Hara has, as far as I can see, has only broken cover once. That was when he wrote a piece in the Scotsman whining about a dreadful journey back from a family holiday on Barra.

In the piece Diarmid O'Hara told us that he is married, though not his wife's name. He did tell us that he has three children, who he was happy to name in the Scotsman as Cormac, Sinead and Patrick, as they also had to endure a nightmare trip back from Barra.

However, unlike many in the broadcasting industry, and that includes those who pull the strings, but do not appear on screen, Diarmid O'Hara is curiously reticent and is not to be found on Twitter or Facebook.

He is a man who prefers to lurk in the shadows and do his work almost anonymously.

And his work is deciding what stories are carried by Reporting Scotland, how they are treated and how often they are repeated. Which in the case of anything which shows Rangers in a bad light means over and over and over again.

Even on another programme!

It now remains to be seen if the men at the top of the BBC in London will deem the situation in their Scottish outpost as worthy of their attention.

Since when did asst chief constables decide the laws of Scotland?

Gotta love Leggat for the frothing mouthed fool he is!

[CityDave]

Always find it amusing when Craig Whyte or his spokespersons always refer to any query or supposed attack on Craig Whyte's integrity as part of an agenda against Rangers FC.

[barrysnotter]

For those who don't want to read the full article, here are the two highlights,

"the Mark Daly report which had been aired on Reporting Scotland was repeated again, this time with a background of sinister sounding music."


"Diarmid O'Hara. And he is a man who little is known of. In fact, it is not even known if he is Scottish or comes from elsewhere in the UK."

[CityDave]

Dairmid O'Hara was appointed editor of Reporting Scotland the week of 16th January. 3 weeks in the job and already Leggat is on his case. I would take it from that that Leggat didn't know who was the Reporting Scotland editor in charge when the documentary about Craig Whyte was aired.......surely not.


My link

[Convenor]

A good friend of mine who also happens to be a journalist has referred to Leggat for years and years as “that tedious drunken little bigot”. Good to see nothing has changed. His attempt to discredit Mark Daly is laughable. Since the start of the Stephen Lawrence case I don’t think there has been a more respected BBC investigative journalist

[Ronaldobhoy]

This is reminiscent of Walter Smith's witchsmeller pursuivant routine with the linesman a couple of years back. He's got an Irish sounding name, so must be Catholic, so must be anti Rangers..............

[barrysnotter]

Convenor, on 08 February 2012 - 14:43, said:

A good friend of mine who also happens to be a journalist has referred to Leggat for years and years as "that tedious drunken little bigot". Good to see nothing has changed. His attempt to discredit Mark Daly is laughable. Since the start of the Stephen Lawrence case I don't think there has been a more respected BBC investigative journalist

Indeed. If anyone is any doubt, a quicl read at Mark Daily's bio shout put minds at rest. He is without doubt one of the most respected and professional investigative journalists in the UK. Of course, we should let that get in the way of a good Leggat fairytale.

[Jacksgranda]

It's interesting that Diarmid O'Hara's name is mentioned in every other paragraph. And his children's names of Cormac, Sinead and Patrick are mentioned.

Do you think the blogger thinks that perhaps Mr O'Hara is an Irish Roman Catholic and as such this affects his neutrality in regards to matters relating to Rangers FC? Surely the blogger wouldn't be implying such a thing!

(No doubt the 2 ex-patriate Scots in London are true blue - are they called Willie and Jimmy by any chance?)

[Cammy35]

Shock horror something was on the news and then repeated on newsnight, has this ever happened before?

[Swampy]

Enrico Annoni, on 08 February 2012 - 13:51, said:

http://leggoland2.blogspot.com/

HIGH level BBC bosses based in London are starting to express their concern as to the way their colleagues at BBC Scotland are treating Rangers.

I can reveal that the recent run of stories slanted against Rangers by the Diarmid O’Hara led staff at BBC Scotland’s Reporting Scotland flagship programme has been brought to the attention of BBC management at a senior level in London.

A number of senior level Scots at the BBC in London have been keeping tabs on the way they believe the Reporting Scotland editor Diarmid O’Hara sets what appears to many to be an anti Rangers agenda.

This is particularly true about the way Diarmid O’Hara seems to indulge BBC Scotland’ investigative reporter, Mark Daly. This includes sending Daly on an expensive licence fee payers funded junket to Monte Carlo for the sole purpose of being filmed, standing in front of the harbour there delivering a piece to camera relating to their probe into Ibrox owner Craig Whyte.

But concern about what some in London regard as what looks to many like a vandetta against Rangers by Diarmid O’Hara and his Reporting Scotland, were further triggered by the way their most recent attack on Whyte and Rangers was handled.

The item made the lead story on Reporting Scotland was then touched on again at the start of the sports news slot in the programme. Then, on Newsnight Scotland, the Mark Daly report which had been aired on Reporting Scotland was repeated again, this time with a background of sinister sounding music.

There then followed a studio bound interview of Mark Daly, conducted by anchor Glen Campbell, which revealed nothing new and appeared as simply a device to extend the item.

I know of at least one London based Scot who has a senior management post who has been watching events at BBC Scotland closely and who, after speaking to another experienced expat, has now compiled his own report, featuring not only the Mark Daly reports, but also the many times and ways which reporter Chris McLaughlin handles stories concerning Rangers.

The most recent was when he clearly displayed on camera the name “Hunskelper” on the Twitter responses he was using to crank up his story. *** is a word which no less an authority that the assistant chief constable of Strathclyde, Campbell Corrigan, has outlawed as sectarian.

However, according to my high ranking London based BBC source, the man who pulls all the strings on Reporting Scotland and who has to be pandered to, is the man at the top, the editor of Reporting Scotland and all other BBC television news bulletins, Diarmid O’Hara.

And he is a man who little is known of. In fact, it is not even known if he is Scottish or comes from elsewhere in the UK.

Diarmid O’Hara has, as far as I can see, has only broken cover once. That was when he wrote a piece in the Scotsman whining about a dreadful journey back from a family holiday on Barra.

In the piece Diarmid O’Hara told us that he is married, though not his wife’s name. He did tell us that he has three children, who he was happy to name in the Scotsman as Cormac, Sinead and Patrick, as they also had to endure a nightmare trip back from Barra.

However, unlike many in the broadcasting industry, and that includes those who pull the strings, but do not appear on screen, Diarmid O’Hara is curiously reticent and is not to be found on Twitter or Facebook.

He is a man who prefers to lurk in the shadows and do his work almost anonymously.

And his work is deciding what stories are carried by Reporting Scotland, how they are treated and how often they are repeated. Which in the case of anything which shows Rangers in a bad light means over and over and over again.

Even on another programme!

It now remains to be seen if the men at the top of the BBC in London will deem the situation in their Scottish outpost as worthy of their attention.

Looks watertight to me. Good work from 'Leggo' as usual.

[The Taxman]

Enrico Annoni, on 08 February 2012 - 13:51, said:

However, unlike many in the broadcasting industry, and that includes those who pull the strings, but do not appear on screen, Diarmid O'Hara is curiously reticent and is not to be found on Twitter or Facebook.

He is a man who prefers to lurk in the shadows and do his work almost anonymously.

This is may fav bit

quality blogsmanship



Because the guy doesn't do social media he "lurks in the shadows"

The currants will lap this up of course.

[Sherrif John Bunnell]

Swampy, on 08 February 2012 - 15:40, said:

Looks watertight to me. Good work from 'Leggo' as usual.

Damn right. It's about time this disgrace of the BBC employing people with vaguely Irish sounding names was exposed. We'd be just as well sending our license fees directly to the Vatican. Now we know why Mrs Browns Boys keeps being recommissioned.

This post has been edited by Sherrif John Bunnell: 08 February 2012 - 15:50

[drs]

Was Leggo still pished when he wrote that?

The man is a clown and anybody who seeks out what he has to say should probably be sectioned for their own good. Still its nice to see that Legless seems to hate someone other than Graham Spiers.

....and how exactly is reporting the truth about Whyte sinister? The likes of Allegro should be leading the charge against what this man is doing to their club but instead seem intent on blaming it on some rabid anti-Rangers conspiacy, no doubt HMRC is stuffed to the gills with gers haters.

[bennett]

A nice bit of digging from David, i hope he doesn't give in to inTIMidation and keeps on blogging.

[Tim Malloy]

bennett, on 08 February 2012 - 19:04, said:

A nice bit of digging from David, i hope he doesn't give in to inTIMidation and keeps on blogging.

Where is he digging? His kids sandpit?

[bennett]

Hi Tim i see you there mate, i see you.

[the 67]

bennett, on 08 February 2012 - 19:04, said:

A nice bit of digging from David, i hope he doesn't give in to inTIMidation and keeps on blogging.

Maybe he can dig yer head out No8's arse for you.

[Tim Malloy]

the 67, on 08 February 2012 - 19:10, said:

Maybe he can dig yer head out No8's arse for you.

We're gonna need a bigger shovel,This one's deep!

[itzdrk]

Enrico Annoni, on 08 February 2012 - 13:51, said:

http://leggoland2.blogspot.com/

HIGH level BBC bosses based in London are starting to express their concern as to the way their colleagues at BBC Scotland are treating Rangers.

I can reveal that the recent run of stories slanted against Rangers by the Diarmid O'Hara led staff at BBC Scotland's Reporting Scotland flagship programme has been brought to the attention of BBC management at a senior level in London.

A number of senior level Scots at the BBC in London have been keeping tabs on the way they believe the Reporting Scotland editor Diarmid O'Hara sets what appears to many to be an anti Rangers agenda.

This is particularly true about the way Diarmid O'Hara seems to indulge BBC Scotland' investigative reporter, Mark Daly. This includes sending Daly on an expensive licence fee payers funded junket to Monte Carlo for the sole purpose of being filmed, standing in front of the harbour there delivering a piece to camera relating to their probe into Ibrox owner Craig Whyte.

But concern about what some in London regard as what looks to many like a vandetta against Rangers by Diarmid O'Hara and his Reporting Scotland, were further triggered by the way their most recent attack on Whyte and Rangers was handled.

The item made the lead story on Reporting Scotland was then touched on again at the start of the sports news slot in the programme. Then, on Newsnight Scotland, the Mark Daly report which had been aired on Reporting Scotland was repeated again, this time with a background of sinister sounding music.

There then followed a studio bound interview of Mark Daly, conducted by anchor Glen Campbell, which revealed nothing new and appeared as simply a device to extend the item.

I know of at least one London based Scot who has a senior management post who has been watching events at BBC Scotland closely and who, after speaking to another experienced expat, has now compiled his own report, featuring not only the Mark Daly reports, but also the many times and ways which reporter Chris McLaughlin handles stories concerning Rangers.

The most recent was when he clearly displayed on camera the name "Hunskelper" on the Twitter responses he was using to crank up his story. *** is a word which no less an authority that the assistant chief constable of Strathclyde, Campbell Corrigan, has outlawed as sectarian.

However, according to my high ranking London based BBC source, the man who pulls all the strings on Reporting Scotland and who has to be pandered to, is the man at the top, the editor of Reporting Scotland and all other BBC television news bulletins, Diarmid O'Hara.

And he is a man who little is known of. In fact, it is not even known if he is Scottish or comes from elsewhere in the UK.

Diarmid O'Hara has, as far as I can see, has only broken cover once. That was when he wrote a piece in the Scotsman whining about a dreadful journey back from a family holiday on Barra.

In the piece Diarmid O'Hara told us that he is married, though not his wife's name. He did tell us that he has three children, who he was happy to name in the Scotsman as Cormac, Sinead and Patrick, as they also had to endure a nightmare trip back from Barra.

However, unlike many in the broadcasting industry, and that includes those who pull the strings, but do not appear on screen, Diarmid O'Hara is curiously reticent and is not to be found on Twitter or Facebook.

He is a man who prefers to lurk in the shadows and do his work almost anonymously.

And his work is deciding what stories are carried by Reporting Scotland, how they are treated and how often they are repeated. Which in the case of anything which shows Rangers in a bad light means over and over and over again.

Even on another programme!

It now remains to be seen if the men at the top of the BBC in London will deem the situation in their Scottish outpost as worthy of their attention.

[chuckles]

Enrico Annoni, on 08 February 2012 - 13:51, said:

http://leggoland2.blogspot.com/

HIGH level BBC bosses based in London are starting to express their concern as to the way their colleagues at BBC Scotland are treating Rangers.

I can reveal that the recent run of stories slanted against Rangers by the Diarmid O'Hara led staff at BBC Scotland's Reporting Scotland flagship programme has been brought to the attention of BBC management at a senior level in London.

A number of senior level Scots at the BBC in London have been keeping tabs on the way they believe the Reporting Scotland editor Diarmid O'Hara sets what appears to many to be an anti Rangers agenda.

This is particularly true about the way Diarmid O'Hara seems to indulge BBC Scotland' investigative reporter, Mark Daly. This includes sending Daly on an expensive licence fee payers funded junket to Monte Carlo for the sole purpose of being filmed, standing in front of the harbour there delivering a piece to camera relating to their probe into Ibrox owner Craig Whyte.

But concern about what some in London regard as what looks to many like a vandetta against Rangers by Diarmid O'Hara and his Reporting Scotland, were further triggered by the way their most recent attack on Whyte and Rangers was handled.

The item made the lead story on Reporting Scotland was then touched on again at the start of the sports news slot in the programme. Then, on Newsnight Scotland, the Mark Daly report which had been aired on Reporting Scotland was repeated again, this time with a background of sinister sounding music.

There then followed a studio bound interview of Mark Daly, conducted by anchor Glen Campbell, which revealed nothing new and appeared as simply a device to extend the item.

I know of at least one London based Scot who has a senior management post who has been watching events at BBC Scotland closely and who, after speaking to another experienced expat, has now compiled his own report, featuring not only the Mark Daly reports, but also the many times and ways which reporter Chris McLaughlin handles stories concerning Rangers.

The most recent was when he clearly displayed on camera the name "Hunskelper" on the Twitter responses he was using to crank up his story. *** is a word which no less an authority that the assistant chief constable of Strathclyde, Campbell Corrigan, has outlawed as sectarian.

However, according to my high ranking London based BBC source, the man who pulls all the strings on Reporting Scotland and who has to be pandered to, is the man at the top, the editor of Reporting Scotland and all other BBC television news bulletins, Diarmid O'Hara.

And he is a man who little is known of. In fact, it is not even known if he is Scottish or comes from elsewhere in the UK.

Diarmid O'Hara has, as far as I can see, has only broken cover once. That was when he wrote a piece in the Scotsman whining about a dreadful journey back from a family holiday on Barra.

In the piece Diarmid O'Hara told us that he is married, though not his wife's name. He did tell us that he has three children, who he was happy to name in the Scotsman as Cormac, Sinead and Patrick, as they also had to endure a nightmare trip back from Barra.

However, unlike many in the broadcasting industry, and that includes those who pull the strings, but do not appear on screen, Diarmid O'Hara is curiously reticent and is not to be found on Twitter or Facebook.

He is a man who prefers to lurk in the shadows and do his work almost anonymously.

And his work is deciding what stories are carried by Reporting Scotland, how they are treated and how often they are repeated. Which in the case of anything which shows Rangers in a bad light means over and over and over again.

Even on another programme!

It now remains to be seen if the men at the top of the BBC in London will deem the situation in their Scottish outpost as worthy of their attention.

This becomes even more sinister with the suggested involvement of Law Stud .

[itzdrk]

Ronaldobhoy, on 08 February 2012 - 15:03, said:

This is reminiscent of Walter Smith's witchsmeller pursuivant routine with the linesman a couple of years back. He's got an Irish sounding name, so must be Catholic, so must be anti Rangers..............

ah mr murphy

[No8.]

the 67, on 08 February 2012 - 19:10, said:

Maybe he can dig yer head out No8's arse for you.

Tim Malloy, on 08 February 2012 - 19:16, said:

We're gonna need a bigger shovel,This one's deep!

Nice to see the Tag(no typo ) Team back in action

Anyway was Leggo going for the world record of getting the name Diarmid O'Hara in the 1 Blog? We get it David....He's a Roman Catholic...so are many Rangers fans David!!!!