Has the BBC become a Tory tool?

[urban genie]

I note that not all sports pundits agree with Gary Linekers right to speak out on political issues, Jonathan Agnew has said in the past that he would have been sacked for expressing his opinions like Lineaker has.

Lineker responded to agnew with his usual superior arrogance which is why is dislike him.

I wonder how many actually agree with what he has said or his right to tweet it, obviously two different things, but closely intertwined.

Agnew was a contracted bbc presenter though and worked for the beeb soley (even turned down other channels offers), not a freelancer like lineker so he was completely bound by the bbc guidelines without the ambiguity of this situation.

I am not a particular fan of lineker, but in this instance the bbc have dropped a bollock and shown a lager degree of impartiality than lineker himself as they have chose to side with the government and acted to censure personal opinion, as with the attenborough episode and defending bruces comments last night.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Why is this guy allowed to say this? They're are double standards here aren't there



And at what stage do the govn start policing our tweets? When do they start censoring ?

 

[FantasyIreland]

People should be free to express political opinion.....he didnt use his platform as a presenter to do it (though they were fine when he hosted the opening ceremony of the world cup and used it to attack the Qatari human rights standards etc.....)

Double standards at play and its because he has attacked our own government and rightly so

Everything in life has consequences,that needs to be accepted especially when you put yourself out there.......You are correct though,double standards and hypocrisy are rife,again in every walk of life,and especially where it suits.

 

[dave_blue12]

And it continues.

 

[Gabriel]

And at what stage do the govn…

Did you forget to finish that post?
;-)

 

[WRicko]

Is that the Jonathan Agnew who wasn’t punished when he posted a series of abusive tweets to a journalist including calling him a ****?

Who is Agnew what’s happened etc ?

 

[west didsblue]

Who is Agnew what’s happened etc ?

I used google

 

[Vic]

Amazing the headlines this is generating. Man breaks work guidelines and gets sacked from.prsenting job is essentially what has happened.

Lineker and Shearer were tedious in the extreme, look at the positives people. Shearer in particular was truly awful.

No one down the pub tonight gave a two hoots about Lineker or his supposed virtuous stance. Im thinking that represents the vast majority of British people.

Even more stupid to make an issue of something that no-one gives two hoots about.

And quite plainly he hasn't been suspended for breaking work guidelines if they've suspended him while they work out what the work guidelines should be.

 

[blueinsa]

Everything has to be so black and white these days.

I don’t 100% agree with what Lineker said but he has every right to say what he thinks and for the government and the BBC to then silence him over it is fucking ridiculous as it is when any group sets out to silence and cancel someone because they said something someone doesn’t like.

Humanity is busy eating itself over social media. You could say something a 100 times more offensive to someone’s face and garner little reaction yet even the most innocent of statement on social media has people’s brains melting.

 

[Vic]

The governmental wording is. It's highly dangerous rhetoric. Even Germans who are educated in spotting this kind of language and to call it out are calling it out.

Apart from the German neo Nazis sending congrats to Braverman.