Disgraceful MOTD coverage

[cookster]

Really great that the BBC are creative with their answers;

Dear Mr Cooke

Thank you for contacting us.

There was no bias against Manchester City in our coverage on the 24 September edition of Match of the Day and we’re sorry if you disagree.

There was an incident in which the referee felt that Tim Cahill had fouled Vincent Kompany - who saw it once from a certain angle. Cahill was injured, but received a yellow card. David Moyes disagreed with this assessment, and on viewing the incident with the benefit of slow-motion footage from various angles, the honest assessment of our ex-professional panellists was that Kompany was more sinning than sinned against.

We always call the game as we see it and we acknowledge that not all fans will agree on this.

We’d like to assure you we've registered your complaint on our audience log. This is an internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily and is available for viewing by all our staff. This includes all programme makers and presenters, along with our senior management. It ensures that your points, along with all other comments we receive, are circulated and considered across the BBC.

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[u2fme2]

won't have the fucker on in my house anymore

 

[quiet_riot]

Guess what? Here's the response I got,

Dear Mr O

Thank you for contacting us.

There was no bias against Manchester City in our coverage on the 24 September edition of Match of the Day and we’re sorry if you disagree.

There was an incident in which the referee felt that Tim Cahill had fouled Vincent Kompany - who saw it once from a certain angle. Cahill was injured, but received a yellow card. David Moyes disagreed with this assessment, and on viewing the incident with the benefit of slow-motion footage from various angles, the honest assessment of our ex-professional panellists was that Kompany was more sinning than sinned against.

We always call the game as we see it and we acknowledge that not all fans will agree on this.

We’d like to assure you we've registered your complaint on our audience log. This is an internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily and is available for viewing by all our staff. This includes all programme makers and presenters, along with our senior management. It ensures that your points, along with all other comments we receive, are circulated and considered across the BBC.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

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Kind Regards

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[BusterPhillips]

Got the exact copy / paste reply, the bastards

 

[Carver]

How many on here have complained out of interest? I have

I have, but unlike some of the complaints people have posted, it uses correct spellings and has at least a basic grasp of grammar.

Never use the words but or and after a comma. Schoolboy error !!!!!

Who taught you that?

It is correct to use a comma & a little conjunction (and, but, for, nor, yet, or, so) to connect two independent clauses, as in "Adebayor scored a great goal, but he upset the Arsenal fans by running the full length of the pitch."

It is also quite correct to use a comma between all the words in a list including the word 'and'. This is called the 'serial' or 'Oxford' comma'.

 

[Dave S]

Very educational forum this.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

That's odd. I got a completely different response.

Having examined your complaint and reviewed the footage, we agree that Mr Hansen showed significant bias in his reporting of the incident and allowed his close friendship with Mr Moyes to influence his view of it.

The BBC expects the highest standards of impartiality from its presenters and we regret that we fell short of these standards on this occasion.

Action has been taken against Mr Hansen and he has been made aware that further lapses in his professional judgement will not be tolerated

Must be the way I complained.

 

[Markie07]

Really i got this as well?



Dear mr

Thank you for contacting us.

There was no bias against Manchester City in our coverage on the 24 September edition of Match of the Day and we’re sorry if you disagree.

There was an incident in which the referee felt that Tim Cahill had fouled Vincent Kompany - who saw it once from a certain angle. Cahill was injured, but received a yellow card. David Moyes disagreed with this assessment, and on viewing the incident with the benefit of slow-motion footage from various angles, the honest assessment of our ex-professional panellists was that Kompany was more sinning than sinned against.

We always call the game as we see it and we acknowledge that not all fans will agree on this.

We’d like to assure you we've registered your complaint on our audience log. This is an internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily and is available for viewing by all our staff. This includes all programme makers and presenters, along with our senior management. It ensures that your points, along with all other comments we receive, are circulated and considered across the BBC.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

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[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Re: MotD not biassed - official!

"There was an incident in which the referee felt that Tim Cahill had fouled Vincent Kompany."

Dear BBC (Bunch of Blinkered Clowns),

Much as it grieves me to say but the referee is the sole arbiter of FACT. Cahill got the card, therefore as a matter of fact he fouled Vinnie Kompany. Kompany was not charged by the FA, therefore as a matter of fact he didn't infringe the laws of the game. When are the BBC going to show some respect for the officials. They have a sufficiently difficult task without the public broadcaster impugning their competence. Thank you. (Jeez, I nearly choked getting that out!)

 

[mancunial]

and once again Reply |bbc_complaints_website@bbc.co.uk bbc_complaints_website@bbc.co.uk to me
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Dear mr mancunial
Thank you for contacting us.

There was no bias against Manchester City in our coverage on the 24 September edition of Match of the Day and we’re sorry if you disagree.

There was an incident in which the referee felt that Tim Cahill had fouled Vincent Kompany - who saw it once from a certain angle. Cahill was injured, but received a yellow card. David Moyes disagreed with this assessment, and on viewing the incident with the benefit of slow-motion footage from various angles, the honest assessment of our ex-professional panellists was that Kompany was more sinning than sinned against.

We always call the game as we see it and we acknowledge that not all fans will agree on this.

We’d like to assure you we've registered your complaint on our audience log. This is an internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily and is available for viewing by all our staff. This includes all programme makers and presenters, along with our senior management. It ensures that your points, along with all other comments we receive, are circulated and considered across the BBC.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints</a>

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Kind Regards
BBC Audience Services how about sending a complaint in about the complaints dept, then sending one in about the the complaints of the complaints procedure? ha