[News] Jermaine Jenas sacked…

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I'm surprised at the lack of consistency

Huw Edwards treated with kid gloves (no pun intended), Jenas they came down like a ton of bricks

Racists

Shirly it means the BBC have learned from the dithering over Edwards?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I’m with you on this old boy, if it was that cut and dried Talk Sport would have dropped him like a stone, not had him presenting one of the most traditionally listened to shows ( when we are all going home, hence drive time) within minutes/hours of his sacking breaking in the news, and it’s not happened overnight with the apparent due process by the Beeb yet TNT had him commentating on the opening game of the EPL

Even after he’d gone off air, the TS news bulletins were stilll leading with his soundbite about there being two sides of the story and him consulting solicitors.

Surely if he was that ‘banged too rights’, brief statement and then slink away.

I agree. (It happens!)

Unless the person is caught red handed doing something sackable, there should be a process beginning with suspension on full pay.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Shirly it means the BBC have learned from the dithering over Edwards?

Was it dithering or was it actually finding the evidence on his hard drive?

 

[Brovion]

I'm surprised at the lack of consistency

Huw Edwards treated with kid gloves (no pun intended), Jenas they came down like a ton of bricks

Racists

It's about as racist as Tony Bloom sacking Chris Hughton.

This is the BBC over-compensating. They did nothing about Edwards, they did nothing about the Strictly dancers, and then they, rightly, copped a huge amount of flack for their 'sweep it under the carpet' approach. In the current climate their level of tolerance for any sort of misbehaviour is zero - as Jenas has found out.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Was it dithering or was it actually finding the evidence on his hard drive?

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' gang.

 

[DJ NOBO]

Wife standing by £190k Pa star

 

[Wozza]

Jenas has been 'let go' by his agents too, apparently.

In other news, it's emerged (someone read on Wiki) that his das changed his surname from Genas by deed poll... just so his initials would be DJ.

 

[Wozza]

if it was that cut and dried Talk Sport would have dropped him like a stone

Why would TalkSport be aware of the results - or even details - of an internal BBC review?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

It's about as racist as Tony Bloom sacking Chris Hughton.

This is the BBC over-compensating. They did nothing about Edwards, they did nothing about the Strictly dancers, and then they, rightly, copped a huge amount of flack for their 'sweep it under the carpet' approach. In the current climate their level of tolerance for any sort of misbehaviour is zero - as Jenas has found out.

I agree that this is clearly the perception, but as @Thunder Bolt has pointed out, it is almost certainly incorrect.

But it does mean that Jenas must have been caught with incontrovertible evidence to be summarily dismissed.

 

[rippleman]

I’m with you on this old boy, if it was that cut and dried Talk Sport would have dropped him like a stone, not had him presenting one of the most traditionally listened to shows ( when we are all going home, hence drive time) within minutes/hours of his sacking breaking in the news, and it’s not happened overnight with the apparent due process by the Beeb yet TNT had him commentating on the opening game of the EPL

Even after he’d gone off air, the TS news bulletins were stilll leading with his soundbite about there being two sides of the story and him consulting solicitors.

Surely if he was that ‘banged too rights’, brief statement and then slink away.

But Talksport have "dropped him like a stone".

TalkSport has 'no plans' for Jermaine Jenas to present after BBC sacking

The former England player went on air with the radio station moments after news of his sacking from the BBC broke

inews.co.uk

 

[Lenny Rider]

But Talksport have "dropped him like a stone".

TalkSport has 'no plans' for Jermaine Jenas to present after BBC sacking

The former England player went on air with the radio station moments after news of his sacking from the BBC broke

inews.co.uk

Fair play, taking the cynical view, they’ve probably got decent ratings using him yesterday “No f*** off”

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I'm surprised at the lack of consistency

Huw Edwards treated with kid gloves (no pun intended), Jenas they came down like a ton of bricks

Racists

There is nothing consistent with the two scenarios. It turned out that Edwards was exchanging pictures with a youth who turned out to be of age.
Edwards also delayed things by attempting suicide so hospitalised.
Later, the police investigating the first scenario, uncovered something far more vile and sinister.

Jenas, as I understand it, and without getting Nsc into trouble, sent unsolicited and inappropriate texts to a colleague, where it is fairly obvious he is the sender.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Must be bad if talkSport have dropped him too, they couldn’t wait to recruit Keys and Gray after they were sacked by Sky.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I'm surprised at the lack of consistency

Huw Edwards treated with kid gloves (no pun intended), Jenas they came down like a ton of bricks

Racists

Hard to have consistency on two completely different scenarios

But sure, let's go with racists

 

[GT49er]

But Talksport have "dropped him like a stone".

TalkSport has 'no plans' for Jermaine Jenas to present after BBC sacking

The former England player went on air with the radio station moments after news of his sacking from the BBC broke

inews.co.uk

But every 15 minutes or so they broadcast a recording of him saying he can't talk about it. It was pretty much nothing-to-see-here radio yesterday evening, now it's just boring.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I agree that this is clearly the perception, but as @Thunder Bolt has pointed out, it is almost certainly incorrect.

But it does mean that Jenas must have been caught with incontrovertible evidence to be summarily dismissed.

Some might say he got caught with his trousers down

 

[Triggaaar]

To stop being the next one sacked, it helps these days to maintain a faultless online presence and not to ‘chase anything that moves’.

I don't think they need to be faultless. I assume he's done a bit more than flirt with (chase) someone.

The latter is tricky for many males! In the moment, unable to remember that a lucrative career is at stake.

I'm hoping most married men don't send unsolicited messages to colleagues. How about remembering that they've got a marriage at stake.

In any other era, blokes in power/fame got away with it or far, far worse. Accusers gaslit, ousted.

Progress!

Yep.

 

[Triggaaar]

Interesting point of view.

I assumed they had simply learned from the mistakes they made with Edwards, but perhaps you are right

Wasn't the allegation against Huw that he'd paid an adult (who didn't work at the BBC) for photos? Whereas Jermaine has done something wrong to a fellow employee, who has complained? Maybe that's different?

Of course it came to light that Huw did far worse, but that wasn't known initially. And I agree that following the Huw mess, they're going to try and take a harder line.

 

[Triggaaar]

The BBC is, of course, notoriously racist….

Is that not libellous?

 

[beorhthelm]

with Edwards BBC were advised dismissal would be prejudical to any case. for Jenas they simply follow their policy with lower threashold for an internal complaint. they are completely different. and yes, this means minor misdemeanour in a company are treated more directly than criminal offenses, it's pretty standard though.