Though he did not expand on what he believed BBC journalists had got wrong, Salmond posted at the weekend that the corporation should have kept the historian Sir Tom Devine on its commentary team “for the full cortege procession” as there is “no substitute for his level of knowledge of Scottish history”. “BBC bias and the needless, and completely pointless, arrest of a handful of protesters have been the only jarring notes in an otherwise fitting and positive Scottish contribution and appreciation for this truly remarkable lady.” “In the case of the BBC, journalists and contributors queue up to parade their historical ignorance but apparent certainty of the late Queen’s opinions without the benefit, for the most part, of ever having a serious personal conversation with her. “I am in no doubt that she planned the whole thing exactly as it transpired and the solemnity, without flummery, is what she would have wanted. Salmond said Scotland had “done the Queen proud” during the “remarkable three days” in which members of the public were able to pay their respects to the monarch. The BBC, along with most other media outlets, broadcast widespread coverage of the crowds that gathered to pay their respects to the late monarch at Balmoral Castle, where she passed away last week, and as her cortege made its way to Edinburgh so her coffin could lie in rest at St Giles’ Cathedral. “The ongoing attempt to appropriate a display of Scottish respect and affection for our late monarch to peddle a state political line, shows the extent of BBC departure from broadcasting standards,” he said. ![]() In a series of posts made to his Twitter account, Salmond – who previously hosted a show on Russian state-backed broadcaster RT – said the UK’s public-service broadcaster had “badly let people down in their coverage of the Queen’s passing”. ![]() Former first minister and current Alba Party leader Alex Salmond has hit out at the BBC’s coverage of the Queen’s death, accusing the broadcaster of bias and “historical ignorance”.
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