BBC Threatened With Legal Action
Jason Deans
Wednesday September 20, 2006
MediaGuardian.co.uk
Kevin Bond, one of the people featured in secret recordings in last night's Panorama special about corruption in football, is planning to take libel action against the BBC.
Bond, the Newcastle United first team coach, has instructed his lawyers, David Price Solicitors & Advocates, to begin legal proceedings over last night's BBC1 programme.
His solicitor, David Price, said Bond's comments had been "taken out of context and presented in a completely misleading manner".
Bond featured in secret recordings during the 60-minute undercover documentary, discussing the possibility of receiving payments relating to transfer deals from a proposed new company involving football agent Peter Harrison.
"My client will be taking proceedings for libel against the BBC over the programme and the media hype generated to publicise it," said Mr Price.
"The short extract from my client's conversation with the reporter was taken out of context and presented in a completely misleading manner. It was all smoke and mirrors," he added.
"It seems that my client was only included because, after one year of working on the programme, the producers were struggling to fill the one-hour slot."
Bond's lawyers wrote to the BBC before last night's 9pm Panorama broadcast, putting the corporation on notice that he would sue if the programme accused him directly of financial impropriety.
Summary
On Monday night BBC showed one of their most popular shows, 'Panorama'. It showed how football managers and agents have been offered bungs to get players into clubs illegally. Apparently this has been going on for a long time and in the last nine months of filming BBC have revealed everyones suspicions to be true. This article concentrated on Bond who is a Newcastle United representative and how he is planning to sue the BBC for thier actions. Another big name invovled is Boltons Manager, Sam Allerdyce who is also sueing the BBC. They're saying that BBC is completely put them out of context and showed them in a misleading manner.
This article and story raises awarness about football and in paticular transfers. These bungs and dealings are setting bad role models and giving the sport a bad name. Football is already being critisised due to match fixing in Italy. BBC are creating awarness to people that these illegal things are happening in football and this is a great way for BBC to gain lots of popularity. Although Sam Allerdyce and other footabll agents are taking legal action, the BBC had a great story and created awarness, so therefore also did its job as a public broadcaster.
Wednesday September 20, 2006
MediaGuardian.co.uk
Kevin Bond, one of the people featured in secret recordings in last night's Panorama special about corruption in football, is planning to take libel action against the BBC.
Bond, the Newcastle United first team coach, has instructed his lawyers, David Price Solicitors & Advocates, to begin legal proceedings over last night's BBC1 programme.
His solicitor, David Price, said Bond's comments had been "taken out of context and presented in a completely misleading manner".
Bond featured in secret recordings during the 60-minute undercover documentary, discussing the possibility of receiving payments relating to transfer deals from a proposed new company involving football agent Peter Harrison.
"My client will be taking proceedings for libel against the BBC over the programme and the media hype generated to publicise it," said Mr Price.
"The short extract from my client's conversation with the reporter was taken out of context and presented in a completely misleading manner. It was all smoke and mirrors," he added.
"It seems that my client was only included because, after one year of working on the programme, the producers were struggling to fill the one-hour slot."
Bond's lawyers wrote to the BBC before last night's 9pm Panorama broadcast, putting the corporation on notice that he would sue if the programme accused him directly of financial impropriety.
Summary
On Monday night BBC showed one of their most popular shows, 'Panorama'. It showed how football managers and agents have been offered bungs to get players into clubs illegally. Apparently this has been going on for a long time and in the last nine months of filming BBC have revealed everyones suspicions to be true. This article concentrated on Bond who is a Newcastle United representative and how he is planning to sue the BBC for thier actions. Another big name invovled is Boltons Manager, Sam Allerdyce who is also sueing the BBC. They're saying that BBC is completely put them out of context and showed them in a misleading manner.
This article and story raises awarness about football and in paticular transfers. These bungs and dealings are setting bad role models and giving the sport a bad name. Football is already being critisised due to match fixing in Italy. BBC are creating awarness to people that these illegal things are happening in football and this is a great way for BBC to gain lots of popularity. Although Sam Allerdyce and other footabll agents are taking legal action, the BBC had a great story and created awarness, so therefore also did its job as a public broadcaster.
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