Lineker stood down…

[Mark Bolam]

[Doug Tait]

Guessing Mr Giffin wasn't in government.

[spudulike]

2 hours ago, Con said:

You're thinking of Liam Brady

I went to school with his cousin, she looked a bit like him as well!

[Mark Bolam]

Stunner!

 

[topchippyles]

Match of the day on now its like watching a porno with no sound 😏

[Squaredy]

14 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Amazing isn’t it.  I bet they have sent out this letter to thousands of people in similar circumstances.  Yet when they are put under pressure to come down hard on Gary Lineker their interpretation of the guidelines turns 180 degrees.  I partly blame the BBC but I mainly blame the government for thinking that it is their role to manipulate the news.

 

 I have read about “The day with no news” which was I believe Good Friday 1930 when the government of the day told the BBC not to report an incident; so they decided to report nothing, and the 15 minute radio broadcast played piano music instead.

[eggsarascal]

I wonder if Lineker would have been suspended if he had tweeted in support of government policy, which would also not be impartial, I very much doubt it.

[Mesterh]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

I wonder if Lineker would have been suspended if he had tweeted in support of government policy, which would also not be impartial, I very much doubt it.

I guess we will never know. What I do know is that the BBC have made their bed and I'm sure Joe public will try to get them stick to it. No more impartial views from BBC employees or you face the chop.

 

 

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

I wonder if Lineker would have been suspended if he had tweeted in support of government policy, which would also not be impartial, I very much doubt it.

BBC’s long struggle to present the facts without fear or favour | BBC | The Guardian

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<strong>Charlotte Higgins:</strong> The corporation has always striven to be independent...

I don’t think it’s a recent phenomenon Eggs or necessarily specific to the Tories, new Labour and Mr Campbell spring to mind. 

[eggsarascal]

1 minute ago, Johnsond said:

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<strong>Charlotte Higgins:</strong> The corporation has always striven to be independent...

I don’t think it’s a recent phenomenon Eggs or necessarily specific to the Tories, new Labour and Mr Campbell spring to mind. 

I totally agree, this subject is about Lineker and what he tweeted, and it’s a political decision to suspend him. The beauty of it is, he doesn’t need BBC/license payers money, Sky/ITV would have him in a heartbeat, so he can tweet what he likes. The fact that no other commentators stepped in speaks volumes.