Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy - Printable Version

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RE: Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy - interestednovice - 09-03-2023

Yes; as I say, they are inextricably linked to the image of the BBC. That’s partly why their pay deals are thought of as “golden handcuffs”.

I suppose the point is that they have a public platform in the first place partly, or even largely, because of their “status” of working for the BBC. Therefore, even when tweeting personally, to some extent it is “as if the BBC itself is tweeting”. They are viewed by the public as an extension of the BBC. Rules pertaining to BBC executives, etc, also then apply to them.

Despite the fact they are not employed by the BBC on an exclusive basis, they are very much fundamentally linked to the BBC. Any other work therefore cannot come into conflict with their BBC work, and any personal views cannot be allowed to reflect on the BBC. Again, it’s as if they are an “extension” of the BBC’s own brand.

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RE: Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy - sjhoward - 10-03-2023

(09-03-2023, 11:32 PM)interestednovice Wrote:  Yes; as I say, they are inextricably linked to the image of the BBC. That’s partly why their pay deals are thought of as “golden handcuffs”.

I’m struggling to think of who you would put in this bracket: who is a non-news present who is inextricably linked to the image of the BBC, and whose voice has become a voice of the BBC?

I’m not sure there’s anyone these days that I’d be surprised to see popping up on a non-BBC platform.

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RE: Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy - Steve in Pudsey - 10-03-2023

Arguably the fact that he is known to be a Leicester City fan is a more relevant bias to his work than his political leanings.

Where does this stop? Cancel Children in Need because it highlights the failings of Government to provide services that are being left to charities to pick up?

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RE: Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy - NickyBoy - 10-03-2023

(10-03-2023, 01:04 PM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote:  Arguably the fact that he is known to be a Leicester City fan is a more relevant bias to his work than his political leanings.

Where does this stop? Cancel Children in Need because it highlights the failings of Government to provide services that are being left to charities to pick up?

Alan Shearer is a Newcastle fan, and don't get me started on the bias of Micah Richards for Man City! The only solution is to sack them all and replace them with ChatGPT voiceovers.

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RE: Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy - Larry the Loafer - 10-03-2023

If true, the cat has been put well amongst the pigeons...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/10/david-attenborough-bbc-wild-isles-episode-rightwing-backlash-fears?CMP=share_btn_tw 

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RE: Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy - thePineapple - 10-03-2023

(10-03-2023, 05:12 PM)Larry the Loafer Wrote:  If true, the cat has been put well amongst the pigeons...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/10/david-attenborough-bbc-wild-isles-episode-rightwing-backlash-fears?CMP=share_btn_tw 

I was equally outraged by this, but turns out it's rubbish - this supposed 'sixth episode' was never part of the original series, instead it's a video produced by the WWF and RSPB to be released with the TV series. The BBC have since acquired it for iPlayer.

 Buried at the bottom of the article (which I didn't read up to either!) is the BBC's response:

BBC Spokesperson Wrote: “Wild Isles consists of five episodes: Our Precious Isles, Woodland, Grassland, Freshwater and Ocean. Saving Our Wild Isles is a separate film inspired by the series that was commissioned by the RSPB and WWF. We’ve acquired it for iPlayer.”

(Source: this tweet by journalist Jake Kanter)

EDIT: Just occurred to me that the story could still stand, if they intended to air it on linear TV despite its not-quite-an-episode status, but even so, the story is a fair bit more nuanced than it first appears.

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RE: Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy - IanJRedman - 10-03-2023

BBC News - Gary Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64920557 

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RE: Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy - Newshound47 - 10-03-2023

I can’t see him agreeing anything.

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RE: Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy - thomalex - 10-03-2023

And there it is. Something had to give eventually

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Newshound47 - Newshound47 - 10-03-2023

(10-03-2023, 08:54 AM)sjhoward Wrote:  

(09-03-2023, 11:32 PM)interestednovice Wrote:  Yes; as I say, they are inextricably linked to the image of the BBC. That’s partly why their pay deals are thought of as “golden handcuffs”.

I’m struggling to think of who you would put in this bracket: who is a non-news present who is inextricably linked to the image of the BBC, and whose voice has become a voice of the BBC?

I’m not sure there’s anyone these days that I’d be surprised to see popping up on a non-BBC platform.

Alan Sugar to an extent maybe.

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