Quote (DizzyBusiness @ Mar 27 2023 11:57am)
I tried your style of replying!
logical and it is welcome to see people providing a clear view. we just need people that dont agree to adopt the same approach (i.e. being logical).
Quote (fender @ Mar 27 2023 12:10pm)
what exactly do you think happened there? how did the BBC "push back" in your opinion?! in reality, a football commentator, who is NOT a BBC employee, made some critical remarks on social media concerning a specific policy. then conservative politicians used their ties with the network to pressure it into sanctioning said commentator.
the push back that happened was NOT by the BBC - they actually caved to tory pressure and suspended him. the ones who fought back were lineker himself, not intimidated by the silencing attempt, his colleagues, who showed remarkable solidarity and backbone, as well as the public.
you outlined very concisely what happened.
for visibility the facts he outlined are aligned to my impression of the events. I dont think fenders post is denying that the BBC is, unfortunately, already, to a degree, compromised. the nuance to my original post was: "it looks inevitable that it will
eventually totallyfall under the umbrella of agenda driven governments."
Fender's post suggests that the BBC was in no way supporting gary. My counter arguement to that yes this is true but they could just as easily have doubled down, but they did not. in this regard my comment remains relevant. the bbc is compromised, not dead yet.
The story relates to migrants / asylum seekers coming to the UK, which is a popular topic in english politics. A new law was being proposed, gary questioned this on social media, his terminology was deemed not acceptable in certain circles. he was suspended, and the rest you can youtube. The political debate on the matter was quite interesting to listen to, theresa may in particular (you can easily youtube theresa may, gary lineker, migrants).
also for fender: a correction to my post, it was incorrect for me to say that the BBC pushed back, your post sums up the events, my overarching theme was that the BBC was compromised (almost completely at senior level), but not yet dead.
This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 27 2023 06:39am