Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
69/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
10
Economy/Business
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It was hailed as a crucible of innovative new programming which would ‘resonate with audiences across Scotland’.
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which → hail → Scotland
Now, the linear BBC Scotland digital TV channel has been consigned to the scrapheap – only seven years after its high-profile launch.
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channel → consign → launch
When the £32million channel began, expectations were high – but the same could not be said of the audience figures.
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same → begin → figures
On the first night, they were dwarfed by the number of people tuning in to Antiques Roadshow on BBC One.
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they → dwarf → BBC
Its centrepiece was The Nine, a news and current affairs show which was an alternative to the ‘Scottish Six’, the long-standing Holy Grail of hardcore independence supporters – an evening news bulletin that would tackle all news, UK and international, using a team based in Scotland.
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that → stand → Scotland
The Scottish Six idea was binned after a viewer backlash and amid fears it would be exploited as a political plaything, leaving the way clear for The Nine, originally fronted by former ITN journalist Martin Geissler and Rebecca Curran.
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it → bin → Geissler
The BBC announced plans to close its Scottish digital TV channel
BBC Scotland's centrepiece was The Nine, the long-standing Holy Grail of hardcore independence supporters
Inevitably, it didn’t have the budget to perform the function of a Scottish Six, and critics said – presciently – that it looked like a half-baked compromise.
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it → announce → compromise
The Nine became a ratings disaster and the programme was axed, replaced with BBC Reporting Scotland: News at Seven – which has now been ditched.
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which → become → Seven
On its launch night in February 2019, The Nine had attracted fewer than 46,000 viewers on average.
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Nine → attract → viewers
The omens were far from promising on the second night when viewer numbers frequently dipped to 4,200 – roughly the population of the Perthshire town of Auchterarder.
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numbers → dip → Auchterarder
In 2020, the Mail revealed that the channel would be spared from job cuts, and it was – until now.
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it → reveal → cuts
BBC Scotland was welcomed by Nicola Sturgeon, then First Minister, when plans for its launch were first announced back in 2017, following years of bitter Nationalist criticism of the broadcaster.
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plans → welcome → broadcaster
During the run-up to the independence referendum in 2014, Alex Salmond, Ms Sturgeon’s predecessor, had a very public spat with Nick Robinson, the BBC political editor at the time.
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Salmond → have → time
It led to SNP supporters staging an angry protest outside the BBC’s Scottish headquarters in Glasgow.
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supporters → lead → Glasgow
Sources close to the creation of the channel said it was driven partly by a desire to shore up the corporation’s defences in the event that independence was achieved, which could lead to the SNP targeting the BBC in a bout of score-settling.
But it has been repeatedly criticised over a high volume of repeats and the poor quality of its output.
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it → say → output
SNP politicians are incandescent over the end of the linear channel yet ironically many of them have continued to attack the broadcaster for a perceived agenda against their party and the independence cause.
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many → continue → party
The long-overdue demise of BBC Scotland is the end of a misbegotten experiment which began life as a political fudge – and quickly became a white elephant.
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which → begin → fudge
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