[News] Jermaine Jenas sacked…

Harry Wilson's tackle said:

That's a good point. I had only half an eye on the kerfuffle after the Edwards conviction because the usual suspects were using it as as a stick to beat the BBC with (boring), but assumed they had done something wrong to justify the late demanding of repayment of salary.

Having now checked the facts it seems there was no wrongdoing by the BBC and the criticism was indeed just more campaigning by the 'defund the BBC

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

I'm saying Jenas wasn't a PR car crash (so it is not 'another'), and it looks like Edwards was also processed appropriately.

My regard for the BBC is undiminished.

It is a car crash for the individuals, of course.

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KZNSeagull said:

Apparently he is considering suing the BBC over the way they handled his sacking

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jcdenton08 said:

Slightly OT but I work in theatre as a stage manager, and on my first day with the actors every time without fail, I do my little introduction (who I am, what I do for green actors etc). Part of that is saying along the lines of “I will never initiate physical contact with any of you, unless it is for your own safety. Such as moving you out of the way of set pieces or lights etc when I don’t have time to ask”.

This actually goes down really well in the theatre world, and a director came over and said once “I think you’re going to do really well here”…

Some work places such as theatre are all about trust and “safe spaces”, and it just takes one person being pervy to ruin the whole process.

Obviously, in practice it’s reciprocal hugs all the time, but simply addressing it early on as something of an “authority figure” (in the stage space at least) really sets a good tone.

That said, actors consensually screw like bunnies

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dazzer6666 said:

Whataboutery and deflection.

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ClemFandango said:

You can admire an institution without being wilfully blind to its failings too. They screwed up in spades over Edwards. There were lots of complaints from BBC underlings (see the Newsnight investigation) before finally the parents of a teenager went to the papers because the corporation ignored their concerns. And that was before the cops charged him with having nonce pictures. Now, somewhat belatedly, the new chairman wants him to repay £200K of his £450K salary. Does that really suggest everything was ‘processed appropriately’?

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Herr Tubthumper said:

He’s now playing the victim in the press. What an absolute twat.

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Weststander said:

Via The Scum. An awful choice by his crisis management/PR consultants.

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Weststander said:

Via The Scum. An awful choice by his crisis management/PR consultants.

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

I'm not willfully blind to it's failings.

But I an not a member of 'yet another example of the disgrace that is the BBC that should be defunded' gang either.

I replied because I am not impressed by snidey comments about the BBC that map to the latter trope.

I don't want the BBC turned into an advert-funded private company. Could do better? Probably. That's all.

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Springal said:

Reported he sent a dick pick to his colleague

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Springal said:

Reported he sent a dick pick to his colleague

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Springal said:

Reported he sent a dick pick to his colleague

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Weststander said:

And much younger and in more junior roles than Jenas. The workplace power dynamic.

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WATFORD zero said:

If this is true

Sending a 'dick pic' to someone you've met, had a one (maybe two) night stand with when you're a kid, to my mind, a pretty classless and stupid thing to do.

To do it to someone you work with completely unwarranted (and particularly if you are senior to them) is nasty, sexist, bullying which should be called out immediately. Only a complete c*** would do such a thing and should never be left in a position of responsibility again

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dazzer6666 said:

Not sure he was in a position of ‘responsibility’, more just one of ‘look at me, I’m famous and can do what I want’. Agree it’s the behaviour of a complete ***t though. Sure he’ll use his upcoming time out of the spotlight to focus on his life choices

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