Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

Maybe not by Ministers directly but by the Board appointments and by Conservative MPs writing to the BBC about Lineker.

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

MOTD would be far better just showing the highlights, just think of the money they'd save.

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

This whole clown show is a direct result of the Government directing their Tory stooges in the BBC to get Lineker to apologise for speaking the truth to power. In essence, they wished to suppress free speech. Some points to consider:

- as is shown above, Lineker had no case to answer re: abiding by the BBC rules on impartiality. See examples for Sugar, etc.

- impartiality works both ways. BBC Chairman installed by government-appointed panel that included a Conservative party donor and prospective MP, as well as the wife of the former chair of the Spectator who worked with Boris Johnson when he edited that political magazine. BBC Board member Robbie Gibb, brother of Tory MP and former minister Nick Gibb, a clear Tory party agent.

- if he was a right-wing Football Presenter and had expressed his views on turning back boats, sending families fleeing war and seeking asylum away with no chance of return, etc. nothing would have happened

- he did not, as had been claimed, compare the Government to Nazis. What he did was compare the rhetoric & language used with that of the democratically elected German National Socialist Workers' Party as they rose to power. This is an important distinction where the lessons of history should be discussed and seen to be discussed. The poetic irony is that one of the National Socialists' most effective tools was to suppress & silence voices of opposition heard in the mass media of the time (newspapers & radio)

- hilariously, if the roles were reversed, the right-wing press plus the useful idiots would all be screaming "wokerati, snowflakes, etc." for supressing free speech.

- lastly here's someone else who is saying *exactly* what Lineker said:



* again, Ms Salter did not use the word Nazi in her address to Braverman. She was citing the language used that ultimately led to the dehumanising and murder of the Jews.

Maybe they'll go after the 81-year old Holocaust survivor next, for consistency?

This is all about control .. nothing more

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

I saw a bit of MOTD without the commentary, now I don't really follow football but it was like watching 'Unwind with ITV' it was really weird, not something I'd want to watch again.

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

What i actually meant was it would be better without the studio panel commentating on the games, not the actual match commentary.

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

If it means less sport on the BBC I'm happy.However my other half will be peeved.
Also I've given up expecting the BBC to stand up to outside interference from all and any political entities that really should leave the BBC alone.The politicians don't pay for it,we the public do.They need to butt out whatever their political leanings and those responsible for running the BBC should say so.

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

I'm not 100% sure but I don't think there's a lot of sport on the BBC.

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

The viewing figures apparently show almost 1/2 million more viewers than last week, and its highest total since the start of November last year.

For anyone wondering, No, I didnt see it, I never watch it, I view match highlights on the Sky Sports site.

---------- Post added at 17:41 ---------- Previous post was at 17:39 ----------

First of all you're assuming we all know hes an "avid free-marketer".
Secondly, I really dont see him questioning how it works, just asking a question, to which he got an answer [which may or may not be the correct answer].

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

Oh, the irony :D

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

I hope they try it next on Question Time, without Fiona Bruce

I saw John Deadwood tweeting earlier how good it was, so much more action, yes just a shame it was only on a fraction of the time it usually is, who'd have thought Deadwood was a fan

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

JR is a massive soccer ball fan. Wokingham and Emmbrook FC are massive ( in Wokingham). They are always on MOTD.

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

Whoosh. Leftie Remoaner :D

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

Well done. Took a while but you got there, good job.

Re: Cancel culture at the BBC
 

Aww, thank you. I wanted you to know that someone does still read your posts even though it seems only to be me ;)