I think, Batch, the (overthetop) kicking that the BBC is receiving is more related to the fact that their response has been wholly inadequate. The only reason the BBC has eventually apologised albeit grudgingly (Brands apology was followed by ‘but I still think it’s funny’ – hardly sincere) is because of the OTT ranting coverage by newspapers. Is this the only way the BBC can be held to account. Sad if it is.
Let’s not forget that they left insulting, unsolicited, illegal messages on the answer phone of Mr. Sachs, who is among other things, a 78 year old pensioner, apparently as revenge for him not being prepared to be interviewed by them.
Any other employer would have both of them up before a disciplinary board with a view to sacking them or suspending them at the very least.
A commercial company would have dealt with this promptly and it would have all blown over within 24 hours, but the BBC has been dragging it’s heels, pretending not to notice, probably with the view of; ‘so what it’s not like anyone can cancel their license fee is it?’
Oh get a life!
What's actually happened here? Two overgrown schoolboys have phoned Andrew Sachs, who had agreed to be interviewed on the show and then not answered his 'phone, and left a couple of daft messages. Two people were offended by the language used.
Andrew Sachs when interviewed seems actually quite reasonable about it. He clearly thinks both of them are complete dicks and wants an apology but that's about it. Was an elderly pensioner shocked to his core to discover his twenty something grand-daughter has a sex life? Probably not, he's knows she's in some band called the Satanic Sluts so I doubt he's been entertaining any misconceptions about her.
As far as the two "victims" of this prank are concerned, 50 million people in Britain now know that Sachs is still alive, bit of a coup there I thought he'd been dead for years, and girl, who's oddly offended about the whole thing for a Satanic Slut, has had more publicity for her shit band than she could have dreamed possible. The presence of Max Clifford as her new press agent makes it fairly clear she's goning to milk it for all it's worth.
What really pisses me off is the press and other media pundits whipping up this moral outrage about something that nobody had even noticed had happened. 10,000 people read the Daily Mail and then went online to watch the clips IN ORDER TO BE OUTRAGED by them. Twats!
And it's left me having to put up with being bombarded by images of Kelvin Fucking Mckenzie moralising about the role of the media and the need to be responsible. FFS! Like The Sun was never just a little out of line under that turd.
Gotcha! Kelvin? Hillsborough! Ringing any bells you hippocritical cunt! Was no-one offended by those front pages? Little clue the Sun's circulation in Merseyside has never recovered from the Hillsborough coverage. What about the £1m in damages you had to pay to Elton John after accusing him of shagging underage rentboys in a story you completely fabricated?
If for no other reason that you end up on the same side as that fucker people should think twice about joining in this fucking witch hunt. And Gordon Fucking Brown should have better things to do. Arsehole
