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Credit to Prof @jeanseaton1 for finding this quote from BBC Director General Sir Hugh Greene in 1965, about limits of BBC impartiality #Lineker:
"Although, in the day-to-day issues of public life, the BBC does try to attain the highest standards of impartiality...
"Although, in the day-to-day issues of public life, the BBC does try to attain the highest standards of impartiality...
....there are some respects in which it is not neutral, unbiased or impartial. That is, where there are clashes for and against the basic moral values--truth~lness, justice, freedom, compassion, tolerance....
....Nor do I believe that we should be impartial about certain things like racialism or extreme forms of political belief. Being too good "democrats" in these matters could open the way to the destruction of democracy itself" Ends.
While all this focus is on @GaryLineker, he gets criticised a lot for tweeting about this because he understands that most people don’t understand the magnitude of what we are facing in our kids lifetimes and maybe our own. Worth watching. A thread #MOTD #MOTDboycott #football
If you’re in any doubt of the facts: NASA climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ Oxford ox.ac.uk/news/2021-08-0… Met office metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climat… Margaret Thatcher Stephen Hawking The PR campaign against the facts:
How millions is spent on PR, lobbying and disinformation, to stop you from understanding they are polluting the world as they earn billions and billions: #JustStopOil forbes.com/sites/niallmcc…
I am a 72 year old Jewish pensioner. My German parents came here as refugees (on a boat) in the 1940s to escape Nazi Germany. My grandparents remained in the country and were deported to Auschwitz where they were murdered. (ctd)
#lineker #braverman #bbcaq
#lineker #braverman #bbcaq
I grew up on stories of the run-up to the Final Solution I heard about the rhetoric used to depict us as vermin, criminals, rapists The othering of Jews, made to wear distinctive stars. The propaganda in the popular press, the finger pointing and intimidation
#braverman #jewish
#braverman #jewish
.. the refusal to condemn the perpetrators when Jews were beaten up in the street or their homes attacked.
I do not see anything in the current state of this country nor in the words or actions of his government that does not make me agree with @GaryLineker.
#Refugees #jews
I do not see anything in the current state of this country nor in the words or actions of his government that does not make me agree with @GaryLineker.
#Refugees #jews
I am not sure people are appreciating the bigger picture with the #Lineker issue.
The Conservative Party and the Government have long coveted a @BBC purge of unfriendly presenters.
Today they tested they decided to test the ground by purging a particularly high profile one.
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The Conservative Party and the Government have long coveted a @BBC purge of unfriendly presenters.
Today they tested they decided to test the ground by purging a particularly high profile one.
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They obviously prepared the ground for it through the tabloids headlines yesterday, and they thought they would probably get away with it without too much furore.
They probably already had someone lined up to replace #lineker.
It blew up in their faces.
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They probably already had someone lined up to replace #lineker.
It blew up in their faces.
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They didn't expect the other pundits, the commentators and now likely the players to put up so much resistance to the purge.
And now they want to see how the public will react to MOTD being turned to a farce.
Can they ride it out by blaming the demise of MOTD this weekend...
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And now they want to see how the public will react to MOTD being turned to a farce.
Can they ride it out by blaming the demise of MOTD this weekend...
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Gary #Lineker è stato sospeso dalla BBC dalla conduzione di Match of the Day per le sue critiche al governo britannico. Spaventosa deriva antidemocratica del Regno Unito.
Solidarietà a @GaryLineker
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Solidarietà a @GaryLineker
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"Consideriamo la sua recente attività sui social media una violazione delle linee guida" ha detto un portavoce della tv pubblica britannica. Lineker, pochi giorni fa, aveva criticato la nuova legge sull'immigrazione.
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"Non diciamo che non possa esprimere le sue opinioni, - continua il portavoce della BBC - ma che debba astenersi dallo schierarsi con un partito politico o prendere posizione su controversie politiche".
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As with most things @BBCRosAtkins, this was good.
One thing — as @GaryLineker admits, the @BBC (& the West writ large) failed to hold #Russia to account in ‘18 (amid FAR worse crimes/abuse). Time to acknowledge there’s probably a reason why. Nobody’s willing to go there, though.
One thing — as @GaryLineker admits, the @BBC (& the West writ large) failed to hold #Russia to account in ‘18 (amid FAR worse crimes/abuse). Time to acknowledge there’s probably a reason why. Nobody’s willing to go there, though.
@BBCRosAtkins @GaryLineker @BBC A tale of double-standards:
2018, batting away criticism of #Russia:
- "Who are we to start getting judgmental on who should have the World Cup?"
2022, on #Qatar:
- "It’s the most controversial World Cup in history.. corruption.. migrant workers.. women's rights.. LGBTQ.."
2018, batting away criticism of #Russia:
- "Who are we to start getting judgmental on who should have the World Cup?"
2022, on #Qatar:
- "It’s the most controversial World Cup in history.. corruption.. migrant workers.. women's rights.. LGBTQ.."
@BBCRosAtkins @GaryLineker @BBC And now news that @GaryLineker was paid ~$2 million by #Qatar for coverage of the Champions League until 2012 -- including *after* #Qatar won the World Cup bid and before any of the reforms that followed.
Some consistency would be nice.
dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsne…
Some consistency would be nice.
dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsne…
Très sympa le documentaire « Bobby #Robson, plus qu’un entraîneur » sur @NetflixFR. Avec de vibrants témoignages de #Ferguson, #Mourinho, #Guardiola, #Ronaldo, #Lineker ... qu’il a profondément marqué. Touchant
Riche en anecdotes dont celle de l’incroyable but de #Ronaldo contre Compostelle avec l’énorme réaction de Bobby
L’affinité avec José #Mourinho son traducteur et adjoint au Sporting, à Porto et au Barça, une première « à ce niveau de responsabilité » selon le portugais
