article_snippet: Salmond yesterday issued a chilling demand for state control of BBC in Scotland to further the nationalist cause.
article_snippet: In a clear threat, Salmond said broadcasting should be placed ‘under the remit of our democratically-elected parliament in Scotland’.
article_snippet: Salmond said: ‘What surprised me was the degree to which BBC Scotland in Glasgow allowed themselves to be influenced by headlines in a biased press.
article_snippet: but I was surprised and disappointed by the way [the BBC] allowed themselves to be… by that agenda.
article_snippet: Mr Salmond added: ‘I don’t think the broadcasting issue...will be properly resolved until we have broadcasting under the remit of we democratically-elected parliament in BBC Scotland.
article_snippet: The BBC is independent of Government and The BBC should stay that way.
article_snippet: A BBC Scotland spokesman said: ‘BBC Scotland coverage of the referendum was fair and balanced.