The BBC's flagship current affairs programme has been accused of anti-unionist bias by the chairman of a Westminster committee scrutinising the SNP`s plans for independence.
The BBC's flagship current affairs programme has been accused of anti-unionist bias by the chairman of a Westminster committee scrutinising the SNP`s plans for independence.
Labour MP Ian Davidson, who leads the Scottish Affairs Committee, referred to BBC Newsnight Scotland as "News-Nat" throughout an interview with the programme last night.
Host Isabel Fraser denied the accusation and called for an apology, to which Mr Davidson replied: "Certainly not."
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