10-03-2023, 08:53 PM
What does that say about a channel if it scares fish? Just talk me through that.
(10-03-2023, 08:38 PM)DavidWhitfield Wrote: twitter.com
So... was never meant to be part of it. Tweets to confirm that... he still won't be part of it. Seems like an utterly meaningless banwagon-jumping tweet.
On this basis, I'd just like to take this opportunity to confirm that I too, was not originally planned to be part of the presenting team of Match Of The Day tomorrow, and I am steadfast that I will continue to have no involvement in its production.
(10-03-2023, 08:46 PM)Nobby Wrote: At the time of writing Gary Lineker is shown as presenting Match of the Day tomorrow (www.bbc.co.uk ) and Mark Chapman is shown as presenting next week (www.bbc.co.uk ).Live FA Cup matches next week on Saturday and Sunday so Gary would be down to do at least one of those - certainly Man City v Burnley on Saturday. Brighton v Grimsby on Sunday might have been assigned to Mark or Gabby - and with them already assigned next week on the Saturday to rugby and the Premier League highlights if this rumbles on and those who've ruled themselves out this weekend do so next weekend too the problem will only get worse.
How long before a backlash against Mark Chapman for taking the thirty pieces of silver even though he was probably always down to present next week?
(10-03-2023, 08:52 PM)qwerty123 Wrote:It inevitably cannot be the correct decision if the standards are not applied across the board which they haven’t in recent years.(10-03-2023, 08:47 PM)Brekkie Wrote: It wasn't a major story when they gave it undue prominence on Wednesday. Now it is a massive story - it shows that the BBC has lost it's independence and has bended to government pressure to take action against an employee who has been critical of government rhetoric.No it shows the need to act quicker when making these decisions. Suspending Gary is almost certainly the correct decision over those comments which go much further than reasonable criticism of the policy in question but by delaying the decision it has given those who dislike the government the opportunity to undermine it at the expense of the BBC’s reputation.
This feels like a turning point - not for sports broadcasting but for the BBC and potentially the government too having overstretchd their reach.
(10-03-2023, 09:01 PM)Adsales Wrote:(10-03-2023, 08:52 PM)qwerty123 Wrote: No it shows the need to act quicker when making these decisions. Suspending Gary is almost certainly the correct decision over those comments which go much further than reasonable criticism of the policy in question but by delaying the decision it has given those who dislike the government the opportunity to undermine it at the expense of the BBC’s reputation.It inevitably cannot be the correct decision if the standards are not applied across the board which they haven’t in recent years.
(10-03-2023, 09:05 PM)qwerty123 Wrote:(10-03-2023, 09:01 PM)Adsales Wrote: It inevitably cannot be the correct decision if the standards are not applied across the board which they haven’t in recent years.
The issue isn’t that Gary has tweeted criticism of a government policy, which he and others have done in the past without repercussion. The issue is that he thought it acceptable to compare the policy of a mainstream political party (a policy which a not unsubstantial proportion of the country support) to the behaviour of the nazis.
Unless you can give examples of others who have compared the behaviour of a mainstream political party to the Nazis or other similar groups (Isis, North Korea) and not been reprimanded it is not factual to say the standards are not being applied equally.