[Football] Gary Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD

[Titanic]

Gary Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD

Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day until agreement reached on social media use - BBC statement

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Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use - BBC statement.
It follows an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the government's new asylum policy.
In a tweet, the presenter had compared the language used by the government to set out its plan to "that used by Germany in the 30s".

 

[Gabbiano]

Blimey, the drama on here and folks falling on their swords.
Multi-millionaire Lineacre heads off to his other jobs and ads rubbing his hands together at the publicity

It’s not about Linekers resources it’s about the BBC exposing its loss of impartiality

 

[LamieRobertson]

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Thank goodness! Phew

 

[Is it PotG?]

Lol..he referred to Germany (a nazi state) in the 30’s …as good as i would have thought?

Some on here will twist words and meanings to make yer head spin.

 

[ROBS BROTHER]

I recall in the 80’s the likes of Kenny Everitt, Monkhouse (ITV?) and some from the left at it.

Personally I also found it boring, plus I despised their attempts at influencing us through their celebrity patronising and irritating (who are they to ….).

Definitely needs clearing up, one way or another.

Not an anti-Lineker thing, but the tax status of their pay arrangements with the BBC is an irrelevance, they still have an influence and kudos simply from being on screen. The public wouldn’t know whether Munchetty, Lineker et al are ‘freelancers’ or not.

Ladies and gentlemen Just imagine for one moment that a market traders son made a rather emotive and historically inaccurate comment on twitter regarding the government's immigration policy. Who would have noticed? Nobody
The only reason this tweet has generated the response it has is not because of who he is but because of his position
The BBC has every reason to deal with it as they see fit

 

[Eric the meek]

Ian Wright.

Top footballer. Top pundit. Top role model for everyone.

 

[willalbion]

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It’s ‘have’Jermaine, I would ‘HAVE’ said no. FFS,

 

[studio150]

Ladies and gentlemen Just imagine for one moment that a market traders son made a rather emotive and historically inaccurate comment on twitter regarding the government's immigration policy. Who would have noticed? Nobody
The only reason this tweet has generated the response it has is not because of who he is but because of his position
The BBC has every reason to deal with it as they see fit

It was an accurate comment, and it's no longer the BBC it's now The Conservative Broadcasting Corporation.

 

[rogersix]

New presenter on MotD, Lineacre carries on with BT et al
You?

Still, I can't wait for his book.

what about sharp and that other stool pigeon?

 

[Is it PotG?]

It was an accurate comment, and it's no longer the BBC it's now The Conservative Broadcasting Corporation.

Do I need to change my DD details for the licence payment?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I see. Well. Emotions can run high, but he’s not right either. You cannot equate Tory Party with the Nazi’s by any creditable stretch of the imagination. Two wrongs don’t make a right and all that.

Once again Gary Lineker never mentioned the Nazis.

Everyone who is criticising him mentions the Nazis, to try and make their own argument stronger.
Facts matter.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Once again Gary Lineker never mentioned the Nazis.

Everyone who is criticising him mentions the Nazis, to try and make their own argument stronger.
Facts matter.

Ridiculous, it is clear what he said and any insinuation therein.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Lol..he referred to Germany (a nazi state) in the 30’s …as good as i would have thought?

No, he didn’t and in the early 30s, they were National Socialists.

 

[Machiavelli]

It’s not about Linekers resources it’s about the BBC exposing its loss of impartiality

They haven't lost their impartiality. They never had it for the simple reason that it's impossible to be impartial.
What's tragic about one of this country's greatest institutions is that they've surrendered.

 

[rogersix]

Lol..he referred to Germany (a nazi state) in the 30’s …as good as i would have thought?

the term nazi aside, would you agree that the language is very similar in both cases?

 

[ROBS BROTHER]

It was an accurate comment, and it's no longer the BBC it's now The Conservative Broadcasting Corporation.

I missed that Where was it announced

 

[pb21]

Some on here will twist words and meanings to make yer head spin.

He said it independently on Twitter, it's his content, or possibly Twitter's, it's certainly not the BBC's.

I guess his contact could,in theory, have something in it effectively staying all his published content on 3rd party platforms should adhere to the BBC guidelines, if so, case closed. However, we haven't heard that.

It's really very simple, is he bound by the BBC guidelines at all times, even when not producing content for the BBC, or not.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Ridiculous, it is clear what he said and any insinuation therein.

You are insinuating it. It doesn’t make you right.

 

[Is it PotG?]

No, he didn’t and in the early 30s, they were National Socialists.

You say tomato, I say tomato.

 

[AlbionBro]

New presenter on MotD, Lineacre carries on with BT et al
You?

Still, I can't wait for his book.

Has he got a book coming out?

 

[Is it PotG?]

You are insinuating it. It doesn’t make you right.

Indeed.