MOTD

[olaftab]

Yes, so why does the Beeb have a left wing sports bias?

They have been watching Bailey and don’t rate left footed right wingers?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Bristol Rovers  are the first team to declare a boycott of BBC interviews. More to follow ?

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-03-11/bristol-rovers-to-boycott-bbcs-match-of-the-day-interviews-to-support-lineker

[paul_e]

Yes, so why does the Beeb have a left wing sports bias?

It doesn't particularly, but right-wingers use things like this to claim it does and that the BBC as a whole is therefore leftie. That's my point, Lineker posting about refugees or Nish Kumar taking the piss out of Johnson is the claimed 'left-wing bias'. So saying "both the left and the right complain of bias so they must be doing something right" is wrong because the examples of the bias are just not comparable.

[pauliewalnuts]

Don't get all the support for Lineker tbh.

Presumably the social media policy was in his contract , the one he happily signed when he started accepting the gazillion pounds the BBC shovel his way. If unfettered twattering was so important to him he should have negotiated a contract change before he signed it , or taken a different job.

Why the presumption? He's made over 47,000 tweets prior to now, all since he's been in the employ of the BBC. If you'd kicked it off with "he seems like a nice bloke, but", it'd read like a Harry Enfield Self-righteous Brothers sketch.

The very notion that the BBC have any impartiality is laughable when you see how much power Tim Davie and Robbie Gibb have. Not to mention Johnson's banker.

[itmustbe_it is!]

Don't get all the support for Lineker tbh.

Presumably the social media policy was in his contract , the one he happily signed when he started accepting the gazillion pounds the BBC shovel his way. If unfettered twattering was so important to him he should have negotiated a contract change before he signed it , or taken a different job.

Why the presumption? He's made over 47,000 tweets prior to now, all since he's been in the employ of the BBC. If you'd kicked it off with "he seems like a nice bloke, but", it'd read like a Harry Enfield Self-righteous Brothers sketch.

Seems a reasonable presumption for an organisation the size of the BBC, who , again PRESUMABLY have their contracts (especially one of that size/importance) drawn up by a HR dept with some legal oversight. I run a business with 20 employees and even we have a social media policy in our contracts. Also you are "presuming" that his previous 47000 tweets have drawn no comment from the BBC - maybe he's had previous conversations with HR about it, who knows?

[pauliewalnuts]

In the legal sense, he won't be an employee of the BBC, he'll be a contractor - although the word 'employee' being thrown around is understandable, so there's no guarantee he's got the same contractual obligations as directly employed staff would have.

[Hookeysmith]

Left wing, right wing  can we not just agree Lineker is a complete wanker?

The post above about <removed> sums him up

[saunders_heroes]

Left wing, right wing  can we not just agree Lineker is a complete wanker?

The post above about <removed>  sums him up

I think he’s quite a decent bloke.

[Dave]

Seems a reasonable presumption for an organisation the size of the BBC, who , again PRESUMABLY have their contracts (especially one of that size/importance) drawn up by a HR dept with some legal oversight. I run a business with 20 employees and even we have a social media policy in our contracts. Also you are "presuming" that his previous 47000 tweets have drawn no comment from the BBC - maybe he's had previous conversations with HR about it, who knows?

All good.

[hilts_coolerking]

Look up virtue signaller in the dictionary and that jug eared spunk dustbin will appear.

How low has the media become when the main topics is an over paid football presenter.

I too cannot watch motd with the pundits, the grinning moron that is Richards, the manic depressive that is Danny Murphy, the no value opinion of  the footballing giant Jermaine Jenus and fast forward all of the narrative to just watching the games.

None of them will be missed, especially the crisp munching cnut

Sounds like someone could do with a hug.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Left wing, right wing  can we not just agree Lineker is a complete wanker?

The post above about <removed> sums him up

I think he’s quite a decent bloke.

What's not to like ? Showing common decency and humanity for those being scapegoated by an uncaring nasty government.
On top of that he scored a shedload of goals including many for England, and having the good grace to never hit the back of the net against us at any level playing at Villa Park.

[Clark W Griswold]

Look up virtue signaller in the dictionary and that jug eared spunk dustbin will appear.

How low has the media become when the main topics is an over paid football presenter.

I too cannot watch motd with the pundits, the grinning moron that is Richards, the manic depressive that is Danny Murphy, the no value opinion of  the footballing giant Jermaine Jenus and fast forward all of the narrative to just watching the games.

None of them will be missed, especially the crisp munching cnut

Agreed.

I usually have to turn the sound off for a couple of their commentators as well so I’m hoping they won’t turn up either and it’ll be just crowd sounds. I don’t feel the need to do this for Sky/BT/Prime/ITV, yes even Tyldesley.

[Nev]

Yep, Lineker is the bad guy here, not the fuckers treating human beings like absolute shit.

[Dave]

Left wing, right wing  can we not just agree Lineker is a complete wanker?

The post above about <removed> sums him up

He worked at the World Cup as a BBC employee, paid by the BBC to present BBC coverage as he was contracted to.

So I've removed the libellous idiocy from your post.

[Drummond]

Left wing, right wing  can we not just agree Lineker is a complete wanker?

The post above about <removed>  sums him up

I'm no fan of him as a presenter per se, but I absolutely support him on this issue. It's complete double standards by the BBC and smacks of a Tory plan to divert attention from the real story.

It's worked. What is impressive though, is the complete support he has from other presenters, pundits and commentators, not to mention production staff.

They will shake and make up, the story will have done its job and the government will carry on being corrupt, evil bastards making criminals of victims whilst trousering cash and lining their own nests.