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« Reply #12705 on: Friday, March 10, 2023, 21:41:07 » |
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He's freelance. He works for loads of other people. He can say what he wants if he's not saying it from a bbc twitter account.
Im freelance. None of the companies I work for think it fit to censor me saying anything unless its directly about something in the company or one of the shows Im doing for them. If I said - Im doing a show and said 'fuck me this band Im doing tonight are shite', then I would expect censure and deserve it.
Its a complete own goal from the BBC. Senseless. Just makes them look like they are running scared of the government and the right wing press. Which they are.
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« Reply #12706 on: Friday, March 10, 2023, 21:43:07 » |
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Even off air?
He's said a shit ton of political stuff before. Why the up roar now?
Because its handily grabbing the headlines to stop people talking about the general shit show in the country and also successfully burying news of their cancelling of Attenborough's programme, again because it will upset the government and its supporters. Some interesting stuff from Peston on the nuts and bolts of the dispute https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1634272812180426760
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« Reply #12707 on: Friday, March 10, 2023, 22:04:52 » |
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Because its handily grabbing the headlines to stop people talking about the general shit show in the country and also successfully burying news of their cancelling of Attenborough's programme, again because it will upset the government and its supporters. Some interesting stuff from Peston on the nuts and bolts of the dispute https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1634272812180426760Just the closing of that thread is more damning than anything Lineker's done. And with less repercussions.
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« Reply #12708 on: Friday, March 10, 2023, 22:17:14 » |
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Fucking mess. Seems like the BBC are trying to work off the assumption that working for the BBC means you can't be political publicly, even though that isn't actually the case.
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« Reply #12709 on: Friday, March 10, 2023, 22:21:47 » |
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As said above never saw the uproar from the BBC for Alan Sugar or Andrew Neil having a rant
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« Reply #12710 on: Friday, March 10, 2023, 22:23:01 » |
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Fucking mess. Seems like the BBC are trying to work off the assumption that working for the BBC means you can't be political publicly critical of the government
Corrected for you. This sums it up quite well for me. https://twitter.com/SkyKaveh/status/1634288030658842641
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« Reply #12711 on: Friday, March 10, 2023, 22:42:18 » |
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First time ive ever agreed with that guy!
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« Reply #12712 on: Friday, March 10, 2023, 22:46:14 » |
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Players in talks with the PFA over not giving interviews tomorrow!
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« Reply #12713 on: Friday, March 10, 2023, 23:12:31 » |
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He's freelance. He works for loads of other people. He can say what he wants if he's not saying it from a bbc twitter account.
Im freelance. None of the companies I work for think it fit to censor me saying anything unless its directly about something in the company or one of the shows Im doing for them. If I said - Im doing a show and said 'fuck me this band Im doing tonight are shite', then I would expect censure and deserve it.
Its a complete own goal from the BBC. Senseless. Just makes them look like they are running scared of the government and the right wing press. Which they are.
The BBC's impartiality policy and its social media guidelines apply to freelancers employed by the BBC as well as employees.
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« Reply #12714 on: Friday, March 10, 2023, 23:37:11 » |
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No, he's not. As others have said, its okay for him to have that opinion, but its not okay for him to use his position at the BBC to express his personal opinions and try to influence others.
He hasn't. He's used his Twitter account. Gary Lineker was actually quite famous before he presented MoTD. He used to play football himself you know.
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« Reply #12715 on: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 00:04:14 » |
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Looks like pundit-free football tomorrow night.
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« Reply #12716 on: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 00:09:36 » |
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It all depends what his contract with the BBC says.
If it had a clause that restricts what you can say politically (one way or the other) on social media then he hasn’t a leg to stand on.
I can’t understand the love for him on here . He is earning £1.35m a year whilst some pensioners who’ve worked their whole lives can’t afford a TV licence which is paying his obscene wages.
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« Reply #12717 on: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 00:23:43 » |
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What has his wage got to do with whether we we like him or not? Or more to the point, is his opinion invalid because some resent his earnings?
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« Reply #12718 on: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 07:21:49 » |
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Here's a penny for your thoughts, I explained this situation to my girlfriend who is a Venezuelan refugee.
She said it's normal for the national broadcaster to stop anti government thinking people from broadcasting.
Didn't bat an eyelid
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« Reply #12719 on: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 08:54:25 » |
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Here's a penny for your thoughts, I explained this situation to my girlfriend who is a Venezuelan refugee.
She said it's normal for the national broadcaster to stop anti government thinking people from broadcasting.
Didn't bat an eyelid
Yep, I suppose regime censorship works both ways with extreme governments left and right but it's an ill wind and pundit free football will have me switching on in my droves Total hypocrisy from the BBC however in my opinion , Fiona bloody Bruce is the most Tory biased presenter of all
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