Hansen, Lawrensen and Shearer bring shame on the BBC

[Anonymous]

I might have misunderstood the complainers, but it seemed to me the gripe is what they feel is the racist undercurrent in the punditry.

So, yeah, people speaking out against racism, what a waste of time and effort that is.

 

[Catzilla]

I tell you something:

I hate those bastards too for the way they behaved towards Balotelli. As for Lawrensen, zero credibility, he regularly gets his arse kicked by celebrity pundits on bbc.co.uk predicting the outcome of the weeks PL fixtures.

BUT thanks to this thread I will be keeping a close eye or rather ear (!) on what they say in future. I urge everyone to complain this season if they step out of line... Biased assholes!!!

 

[Gordyola]

Latest reply

Thank you for taking the time to contact us again. We are sorry that you were not satisfied with our earlier response to your complaint.

The BBC complaints procedures explain that, in order to use licence fee resources appropriately, we will normally investigate where evidence is provided to suggest a possible breach of Editorial Guidelines but otherwise we will not normally investigate further. For the same reason we note observations or expressions of opinion but cannot reply to them in detail. Full information about the BBC’s complaints procedures is available at <a class="postlink" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/governance/complaints_framework/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/governance/complaints_framework/</a>.

We appreciate that you felt strongly enough to contact us again and have noted your points. We feel that we responded as fully as we could, given the nature of your complaint, and do not have more to add. This reply is therefore to explain that we do not consider the points you raised suggested a possible breach of standards. We reported them to the BBC staff responsible but are not able to engage in more correspondence or address new complaints and questions at this stage of the BBC’s complaints procedures.

You may request a review by writing to the BBC Trust within 20 working days, explaining why you believe this decision is inconsistent with the BBC’s complaints procedures. You can contact the BBC Trust at 180 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5QZ, or by emailing trust.editorial@bbc.co.uk.

Thank you again for contacting us.

Kind Regards

BBC Complaints

So its to the Trust

 

[rogdogblue]

Latest reply

Thank you for taking the time to contact us again. We are sorry that you were not satisfied with our earlier response to your complaint.

The BBC complaints procedures explain that, in order to use licence fee resources appropriately, we will normally investigate where evidence is provided to suggest a possible breach of Editorial Guidelines but otherwise we will not normally investigate further. For the same reason we note observations or expressions of opinion but cannot reply to them in detail. Full information about the BBC’s complaints procedures is available at <a class="postlink" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/governance/complaints_framework/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/governanc ... framework/</a>.

We appreciate that you felt strongly enough to contact us again and have noted your points. We feel that we responded as fully as we could, given the nature of your complaint, and do not have more to add. This reply is therefore to explain that we do not consider the points you raised suggested a possible breach of standards. We reported them to the BBC staff responsible but are not able to engage in more correspondence or address new complaints and questions at this stage of the BBC’s complaints procedures.

You may request a review by writing to the BBC Trust within 20 working days, explaining why you believe this decision is inconsistent with the BBC’s complaints procedures. You can contact the BBC Trust at 180 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5QZ, or by emailing trust.editorial@bbc.co.uk.

Thank you again for contacting us.

Kind Regards

BBC Complaints

So its to the Trust

We are on a Mission from God.
We will succeed in getting rid of Hansen and Lawrenson.
Keep the pressure on. It is a public body, they have to listen to us.
It's my turn.

 

[City Raider]

Did you guys really write to the BBC because a couple of pundits think Mario is a nob? LOL. that's quality. Not something like, "The situation in Syria is so horrific, i can't see this any more without acting what can i do?" But y'all felt compelled to intervine on behalf of the multi millionaire kid who plays football when a few blokes on TV call him some bad words?

Holy Shit Balls guys... We really are fucked as a species aren't we?

Did you just say "y'all"?! That's not quality!

but up until the y'all point it was spot on...
come on kids, at least try and save the fucking whale or something, is this the best our current generation can do, change the world? No, lets just get a different Liverpool defender to sit on a fucking settee on saturday nights

nice one, something to tell your grandchildren about no doubt

its a city forum, not sure what you expect

 

[Ray78]

I will be using the mute button more frequently this season.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Did you just say "y'all"?! That's not quality!

but up until the y'all point it was spot on...
come on kids, at least try and save the fucking whale or something, is this the best our current generation can do, change the world? No, lets just get a different Liverpool defender to sit on a fucking settee on saturday nights

nice one, something to tell your grandchildren about no doubt

its a city forum, not sure what you expect

Well, if you think President Assad of Syria will step down with immediate effect, if a few Bluemooners send a strongly worded email, then I think you need to sit down in a darkened room, with a bottle of whisky, and work out why nobody seems to take you seriously.

 

[Jodie Shoreline]

It's a shame some fans have responded to a troll and his space wasting "funny" graphic. We as fans need to defend any of our players who are clearly being victimised. I found this very interesting article below on Twitter...




http://turnoffprejudice.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/the-lynching-of-mario-balotelli/

 

[oakiecokie]

It's a shame some fans have responded to a troll and his space wasting "funny" graphic. We as fans need to defend any of our players who are clearly being victimised. I found this very interesting article below on Twitter...




http://turnoffprejudice.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/the-lynching-of-mario-balotelli/

That is a very good article.

 

[Mancborn]

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