City matchday presenters sacked over podcast (P6)

[Manchester_lalala]

Not allowed to have a sense of humour these days.

 

[Project1]

Clearly not the brightest pair. Was there not a point when they recorded it that they thought do you think anyone might find this racially offensive. No surprise as well that others at the club whom commented on the show and tweeted links about it have deleted those posts as well.

 

[twosips]

Not allowed to have a sense of humour these days.

You are, just try and not bring out dated and offensive stereotypes and you'll be alright.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

When I listened to it, I thought it was like going back to the 70s when they did the impressions. I wasn't offended by it, but you can't do that any more without facing the inevitable consequences.

Was Hugh Ferris on it too? Fingers crossed!

 

[Deyna18]

Just listened to it, I must be a dinosaur. We live in an age where everyone loves to take offence. Yes, there is some stereotyping in it but is it really that offensive? No reflection on City, because by todays standards and with the Chairmans recent comments re racist overtones of agenda against us, they have to be seen as doing the right thing. What amused me is that the sacking was reported sensationally by the Daily Mail, a paper which of course could never be accused of stereotyping.....

 

[Worksop Blue]

Snowflake minority win again. You only had to listen to the crowd reaction at HT to know how popular these guys were, mainly because they could be a little ‘edgy’ at times. Hey ho, back to the old dross we were used to for the last 40 years. You’d think we were Liverpool.

 

[Kinkladze 1]

Not the brightest pair. Given the current climate it was a rather stupid move.

 

[eversince 76]

Haven’t heard the podcast. Were there racists remarks? Or was it just Imitating with a Chinese and Spanish accent?

Nowadays people too easily jump to racism or someone being a racist. It often is not that black and white. There is a grey area that makes the discussion uncomfortable.

 

[domalino]

You are, just try and not bring out dated and offensive stereotypes and you'll be alright.

Also try actually being funny.

 

[Ric]

Only listened to a bit of it, but found it painfully unfunny and outdated. Pretty naive if they didn't realise that, as club employees, it could land them in trouble.