Dirty Harry
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What a load of bullshit, fuckin hammer them mate.
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Complaint to BBC regarding Pete the Badge
- Thread starter Prestwich_Blue
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What a load of bullshit, fuckin hammer them mate.
Trevor Morley's Tache
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It is a typical corporate reply, feign fake concern that they caused offence. This part is what I hate about these organisations the most.
'' We are proud of our inclusive and celebratory approach to social media and work hard to ensure we are balanced across the sporting spectrum at all times.''
DO YOU FUCK!!!
Let's start organising the protests as we will get fuck all in the way of a decent heartfelt apology just this bog standard bollocks!
Utter B****CKS. Yes, maybe at the corporate level, but then we all know these corporate muppets have absolutely no idea what goes on at the coal face. They are banged to rights on this one, which is evident by the speed at which they have deployed the teflon umbrella's.
The scumbags haven't properly apologised for Jimmy Saville's antics, so I can't see Pete or the Club getting an apology any time soon.
Zabbadabba Blue
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Just had a reply about the Pete the Badge picture & caption:
LOL. What a load of fucking bollocks.
Looks like pretty much same letter sent out to all of us!!!
'Many thanks for getting in touch with us about our recent social media post.
The picture you refer to was used after it had been filed by a national picture agency, captioned “Bertie”, and was used in good faith and in a congratulatory way to celebrate the fan’s dedication to Manchester City. None of the team on the BBC Sport website were aware of “Bertie” as being a derogatory term to describe City fans – and other City fans also shared the post and mirrored our congratulatory tone.
As it was never our intention to cause offence, we have now removed this post for the avoidance of doubt. We are proud of our inclusive and celebratory approach to social media and work hard to ensure we are balanced across the sporting spectrum at all times.
We’re sorry you’ve had cause for concern.
Kind regards
Katherine Tsang
Deputy Complaints Manager
BBC Audience Serviceshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints
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manchester blue
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Exactly the same response I got and they didn't provide any information on how to contact the DG as requested. I've also asked for the name of the agency for clarification and made reference to the number of male names they could have chosen and how every single person at BBC Sport would know what Bertie means.
uwe rosler 28
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Many thanks for getting in touch with us about our recent social media post.
The picture you refer to was used after it had been filed by a national picture agency, captioned “Bertie”, and was used in good faith and in a congratulatory way to celebrate the fan’s dedication to Manchester City. None of the team on the BBC Sport website were aware of “Bertie” as being a derogatory term to describe City fans – and other City fans also shared the post and mirrored our congratulatory tone.
As it was never our intention to cause offence, we have now removed this post for the avoidance of doubt. We are proud of our inclusive and celebratory approach to social media and work hard to ensure we are balanced across the sporting spectrum at all times.
We’re sorry you’ve had cause for concern.
Kind regards
Katherine Tsang
Deputy Complaints Manager
BBC Audience Services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints
The response I got lying twats!
The picture you refer to was used after it had been filed by a national picture agency, captioned “Bertie”, and was used in good faith and in a congratulatory way to celebrate the fan’s dedication to Manchester City. None of the team on the BBC Sport website were aware of “Bertie” as being a derogatory term to describe City fans – and other City fans also shared the post and mirrored our congratulatory tone.
As it was never our intention to cause offence, we have now removed this post for the avoidance of doubt. We are proud of our inclusive and celebratory approach to social media and work hard to ensure we are balanced across the sporting spectrum at all times.
We’re sorry you’ve had cause for concern.
Kind regards
Katherine Tsang
Deputy Complaints Manager
BBC Audience Services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints
The response I got lying twats!
che_don_john
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"None of the team on the BBC Sport website were aware of “Bertie” as being a derogatory term to describe City fans".
Which of course begs the question: why did they pick Bertie when they could have picked any name, or indeed no name at all? If you know that Bertie is a nickname for City fans, then you know that it is a derogatory term. As with any term of derision, you only know it because of what it means!
Which of course begs the question: why did they pick Bertie when they could have picked any name, or indeed no name at all? If you know that Bertie is a nickname for City fans, then you know that it is a derogatory term. As with any term of derision, you only know it because of what it means!
mindmyp's_n_q's
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Strange how the image appears not to have the agency tags eg AFP, SNS like most of the pictures that appear on the site do.
Have we heard what agency it supposedly came from yet?
Have we heard what agency it supposedly came from yet?
Machiavelli
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Bassett's?Strange how the image appears not to have the agency tags eg AFP, SNS like most of the pictures that appear on the site do.
Have we heard what agency it supposedly came from yet?
Trevor Morley's Tache
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There are plenty of Rag's who work at the BBC. They knew for sure.I doubt anyone outside of MCFC and MUFC knows that Bertie is Man Utd for a City fan. It's such a stupid term, that not many people would have a clue about the angle.