buchansleftleg
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Final score also now cancelled....watch out for BBC news crews to potentially follow...News blackout would mean Chairman has to go!
Aye, imagine that bigoted horse nutsack for a face being the hill you decide to die on. Absolute clanger from the BBC here.Absolutely spectacular to see how much the BBC has shat the bed over this so Cruella Bravermann's feelings aren't hurt
Oh my god, can you imagine? A handful of players in different games unveil shirts with ‘defund the BBC’ on them. Let’s see them ignore thatAny player that scores a goal and reveals a "F*** The Torries" t-shirt wins 1000 points.
100%This is going to be the highest viewed MOTD in years I bet.
For the first two minutes. I'd imagine people switch off when they realize it's basically the same as youtube highlights.This is going to be the highest viewed MOTD in years I bet.
Why? Theres not going to be any comment about the controversy, or anything else.This is going to be the highest viewed MOTD in years I bet.
Why? Theres not going to be any comment about the controversy, or anything else.
Be great if this spreads to non-football shows but I can’t think of what else is live on the BBC outside of the news.
Nicely put!Aye, imagine that bigoted horse nutsack for a face being the hill you decide to die on. Absolute clanger from the BBC here.
They should do a one off Sir David Attenborough narrating over games.100%
I could be wrong but my understanding is that there isn't actually anything in his contract that he has violated.For what it’s worth, I can also sort of see the sense in criticising Lineker. Even if I agree with what he said, he’s a BBC employee and it’s in their staff contracts that he shouldn’t do anything to indicate political bias either way. And those posts saying “well he’s not huw edwards, he presents a sports show”, it doesn’t matter. If it’s in his contract it’s in his contract, and companies taking a stance on their employees social media use is absolutely nothing new.
My problem, and I imagine a lot of other peoples problem is the hypocrisy displayed by the BBC. They can get around the likes of Alan Sugar and Andrew Neil spouting their opinions by saying they work for freelance companies and are not employed by the BBC directly etc, but the head of the BBC being a Tory donor is a massive contradiction to that supposed policy around impartiality - that should be a story in of itself even ignoring Lineker’s Twitter account.
Sure, there will be morbid curiosity tonight, but ratings aren’t the be-all-and-end-all for a non-commercial station, and the novelty will wear off after one week. GBNews fans aren’t going to make a difference.Not joke, I bet MOTD has its biggest TV audience for years tonight.
Which, of course, the right wing media will delight in putting a positive spin on.I'd like to know how many will tune in on a motd tonight to see it all crumble. They'll have the highest ever views in MOTD history
To go all BBC and in the interest of balance - both Emily Thornberry and Yvette Cooper did not defend Lineker and criticised him. Good to see Labour have reevaluated once they realised which way the wind was going.
I don't think it makes a difference, many of the people watching BBC do so because they don't have sky or BT.Sky Sports and BT Sport covering Football as normal, bet their sponsors are 'over the moon'
For what it’s worth, I can also sort of see the sense in criticising Lineker. Even if I agree with what he said, he’s a BBC employee and it’s in their staff contracts that he shouldn’t do anything to indicate political bias either way. And those posts saying “well he’s not huw edwards, he presents a sports show”, it doesn’t matter. If it’s in his contract it’s in his contract, and companies taking a stance on their employees social media use is absolutely nothing new.
My problem, and I imagine a lot of other peoples problem is the hypocrisy displayed by the BBC. They can get around the likes of Alan Sugar and Andrew Neil spouting their opinions by saying they work for freelance companies and are not employed by the BBC directly etc, but the head of the BBC being a Tory donor is a massive contradiction to that supposed policy around impartiality - that should be a story in of itself even ignoring Lineker’s Twitter account.
Might be more in the pubs and clubs though.... that do show Sky and BT... Landlords up and down the country will be agreeing that..... 'every cloud has a silver lining'.I don't think it makes a difference, many of the people watching BBC do so because they don't have sky or BT.
For what it’s worth, I can also sort of see the sense in criticising Lineker. Even if I agree with what he said, he’s a BBC employee and it’s in their staff contracts that he shouldn’t do anything to indicate political bias either way. And those posts saying “well he’s not huw edwards, he presents a sports show”, it doesn’t matter. If it’s in his contract it’s in his contract, and companies taking a stance on their employees social media use is absolutely nothing new.
My problem, and I imagine a lot of other peoples problem is the hypocrisy displayed by the BBC. They can get around the likes of Alan Sugar and Andrew Neil spouting their opinions by saying they work for freelance companies and are not employed by the BBC directly etc, but the head of the BBC being a Tory donor is a massive contradiction to that supposed policy around impartiality - that should be a story in of itself even ignoring Lineker’s Twitter account.