Nothing wrong with calling the Scottish Government the ‘SNP Government’ says defiant BBC

Reporters at BBC Scotland do not habitually call the Scottish government the SNP government whenever reporting on controversial policies, an official has claimed.

In a response to a recent complaint, the Editor of Radio News also insisted there is nothing wrong with using the term because ‘SNP ministers’ [sic] also use it.

The response follows a complaint submitted to the BBC after a BBC Scotland presenter used SNP government instead of ‘Scottish government’ when discussing the recent P1 assessments controversy.

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Source : Indyref2.scot
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Publication Date : Sep 30, 2018

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