Jim Allister said:
“It is telling that while the BBC have scrapped coverage of the 12th and now the North West 200, they are expanding their coverage of the GAA.
“The bias in the organisation is transparent. The North West 200 attracts many tens of thousands every year from all backgrounds and yet the BBC have decided to cut coverage while increasing their output of a sport which has a Republican ethos and feeds division in Northern Ireland.”
TUV Causeway council candidate Allister Kyle added:
“The North West 200 is a key part of the sporting and cultural calendar not just of the local area but all of Northern Ireland. It is outrageous that the BBC should so dramatically scale back coverage of the event. This will not only offend race goers but deprives a beautiful part of Northern Ireland of important publicity at a key time of the year for local businesses.”