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THE BBC has said an online petition campaigning for the cancellation of The Stephen Nolan Show is an attempt to “smear and censor” its journalism.
The petition, which passed 10,000 signatures over the weekend, claims the award-winning BBC Radio Ulster programme “seeks to stir sectarian tensions for ratings”.
A statement accompanying the online campaign cites an interview broadcast on Radio Ulster on February 3 2021 with “an unelected representative of illegal proscribed paramilitary organisations”, where it claims threats of violence were made.
It is understood the comments relate to the interview with the chair of Loyalist Communities Council (LCC), David Campbell on the Northern Ireland Protocol, where he told Mr Nolan: 'If it comes to the bit where we have to fight physically to maintain our freedoms within the UK, so be it.'
The LCC umbrella group is supported by members of the UDA, UVF and Red Hand Commando.
The online petition claims the Nolan Show “regularly platforms unelected representatives and apologists for paramilitary organisations.”
Responding to the petition last night, a spokesperson for the BBC said: 'Attempts to smear and censor BBC journalism are wrong.
“None of this is compatible with press freedom. The BBC’s airwaves remain a place of open enquiry and debate - for everyone.'
Last year the BBC said Stephen Nolan earned between £390,000 and £394,000 from the licence fee during 2019-20, around £65,000 more than he earned in 2018-19.
It put him among the BBC’s top 10 highest paid presenters.
The salary covers Mr Nolan’s work for his BBC Radio Ulster progamme, as well as his BBC Radio 5 Live radio show and Nolan Live on BBC One television.
A MARKETING consultant has complained that his comments made during a call to The Nolan Show have been deleted by the BBC.
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BBC NI radio presenter Stephen Nolan clashed on air with Tim McKane yesterday morning in a dispute over how many times TUV leader Jim Allister appeared on the daily programme.
The short exchange has been shared widely on social media.
Mr McKane claimed that Mr Allister's regular contributions were disproportionate to the number of assembly votes he received.
He added that he appeared two or three times a week - which Nolan said was 'not factual'.
Mr McKane, who has worked in marketing and communication for four decades, also said the Nolan Show had been 'provocative' and pushed a hard-right agenda.
Responding, Nolan said he found the comments made by the caller to be defamatory.
'I am going to stop this call because I find that accusation outrageous. I am a journalist in this country trying my very best,' he said.
'My reputation as an impartial journalist, I will do everything I can to protect it and I find your comment outrageous.'
The exchange was removed from the show when it later appeared on the BBC Sounds website.
One Twitter user said: 'BBC's Nolan Show edited this perfectly reasonable discourse out of their playback. Why? Because Tim asked pertinent questions that licence payers want to hear the answers to but that Nolan doesn't want to hear.'
Another said: 'This is how a publicly funded radio presenter treats the real people who call him out on the content of his show.'
Writing on Twitter, Mr McKane said: 'I have been edited out. For using the term “hard-right”? For asking how many times they have Jim Allister on the programme? For challenging them? Incredible.'
'If BBC Nolan is the biggest show in the country, it has a responsibility, not to get ratings, but to act impartially and be seen to act impartially. It is funded by us, and yet records are not kept of who appears. Might I suggest an Excel spread sheet?'
The BBC was asked for a response.
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