I think you&#x27;re giving the BBC&#x27;s stance on being apolitical a bit too much credence. You only have to study the BBC&#x27;s coverage of the Scottish Independence Referendum, the Westminster General Election (&#x27;15) in Scotland and, well, pretty much everything else from it&#x27;s news output about Scottish politics.<p>This is a broadcaster that operates in &quot;defence of the realm&quot; mode with regards to SNP&#x2F;pro-independence politics and news.<p>For reference and for example:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;newsnet.scot&#x2F;?p=115314" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;newsnet.scot&#x2F;?p=115314</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wingsoverscotland.com&#x2F;we-need-to-talk-about-bbc-scotland&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wingsoverscotland.com&#x2F;we-need-to-talk-about-bbc-scotl...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wingsoverscotland.com&#x2F;watch-closely-students&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wingsoverscotland.com&#x2F;watch-closely-students&#x2F;</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wingsoverscotland.com&#x2F;out-in-the-open&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wingsoverscotland.com&#x2F;out-in-the-open&#x2F;</a><p>Prof. John Robertson carried out an academic study on news output from BBC Scotland. The BBC tried to have him fired:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thedrum.com&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;30&#x2F;i-was-bullied-bbc-over-academic-report-indyref-bias-scottish-media-blackout-must" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thedrum.com&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;30&#x2F;i-was-bullied-bbc-...</a><p>I used to be staunchly proud of the BBC until I started to pay more attention to its coverage of Scottish politics in more detail, around 2005&#x2F;6, and then realised that there was something amiss inside Pacific Quay (BBC&#x27;s Scotland HQ).