Has the BBC become a Tory tool?

[blueinsa]

The BBC's guidelines on impartiality explained - and do they apply to Gary Lineker?

One of the BBC's most important pillars is that of impartiality, and this is why former football star Gary Lineker was asked to step back from his sports broadcasting role.

news.sky.com

It doesn't look like contractually he should have tweeted what he did reading the above.

Agreed but the BBC allowed him to use their platform to criticise Qatar when it suited mate.

The BBC is full of political commentary these days, you can’t get away from it.

His sanction here is nothing more than the government and their mates at the BBC not liking what he said about them im afraid.

It has fuck all to do with them enforcing their own rules fairly.

 

[The Colonel]

Errrr....sure you've been watching it then?

Yep. Usually go on about how impressive we were. If we weren’t good they say that also. I don’t get insecure about it. Sky and BT on the other hand are red shirt apologists.

 

[Gabriel]

Lineker is a citizen before he is a BBC employee or contractor and he has every right to say what he likes so long as it is within the law.

Indeed, but it would appear that even if it is relatively benign and lawful, it can still cost a person their employment. I think the sooner he is rehabilitated the better, otherwise ‘whataboutery‘ will see more out of a job and the Test Card back on.

 

[grunge]

One silver lining out of all this, hopefully they cancel that god awful apprentice show seeing as the Alan sugar is all over Twitter spouting right wing views. Surely they need to suspend him as well now… bet they don’t tho.

Shouldn’t ever see Andrew Neil on there again either even tho he was interviewed about this situation…

 

[blueinsa]

Indeed, but it would appear that even if it is relatively benign and lawful, it can still cost a person their employment. I think the sooner he is rehabilitated the better, otherwise ‘whataboutery‘ will see more out of a job and the Test Card back on.

Tory/BBC political commissars are busy at work as we speak.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Sorry if I`ve got this completely wrong but I don`t see Michas name being banded about as to one of GL followers who is also boycotting the show, in solidarity ??

Micah put out a tweet last night saying that he wasn't due to be on MOTD tonight but if he had been he would have withdrawn in solidarity (words to that effect, my statement is not verbatim).

I believe that was mentioned earlier in the thread. Not sure of the page, it was before the thread was moved.

 

[bowp]

It really annoys me comparing Alan Sugar to Linekar. One works for the BBC one doesn't, a clue in case you can't guess Sugar works for Freemantle who make the Apprentice and sell it to the BBC. They could just as easily decide to sell it to channel 4 (as the makers of the Great British Bake Off did).
To expect people with no contractual relationship with the BBC to be required to follow impartiality rules because they are on a programme broadcast by the BBC is for the birds. I mean Sully: Miracle on the Hudson is on BBC1 on Tuesday does that mean Tom Hanks should be forced to comply with impartiality ru
les?

 

[bluethrunthru]

All the r/w trolls on twitter are there to attack Lineker and his fellow presenters - interestingly not one of them that I have seen says anything in support of Sunak's small boats "deal" with Macron. They are just using it as a platform to bash the BBC and get the license fee deleted.

Always amazed how the free speech anti cancel culture warriors react to this stuff

 

[bowp]

Why would this possibly impact Sugar? He isn't employed by the BBC nor does he have a contractual relationship with them. The apprentice is owned by Freemantle who sell the series to the BBC. If they want to shift it to Channel 4 because they will pay more they can.



There is a Tom Hanks Film on the BBC this week - do you think he should be bound by BBC impartiality rules too?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Micah put out a tweet last night saying that he wasn't due to be on MOTD tonight but if he had been he would have withdrawn in solidarity (words to that effect, my statement is not verbatim).

I believe that was mentioned earlier in the thread. Not sure of the page, it was before the thread was moved.

Yeah, I wasn’t due to be on MOTD tonight either, but I’ve decided to withdraw in solidarity too.