Complaint
A listener complained that the presenter Stuart Cosgrove had insinuated that a South African-born footballer who had played for a Scottish club was racist and in favour of apartheid.聽 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 麻豆社鈥檚 Editorial Guidelines on harm and offence.
Outcome
In the ECU鈥檚 view the comments in question gave the impression of being a personal attack on someone who did not have the opportunity of responding, and went beyond what would be considered generally acceptable in a programme of this kind.聽 The ECU noted that 麻豆社 Scotland had already acknowledged the breach of standards and discussed it with Mr Cosgrove, and considered this sufficed to resolve the issue of complaint.
Resolved