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108: Gary Lineker rushed back to air by the BBC, turning a blind eye to his toxic tweets
108: Gary Lineker rushed back to air by the BBC, turning a blind eye to his toxic tweets
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30 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
A couple of tweets by the BBC’s lead football presenter, Gary Lineker brought down the entire coverage of the Corporation’s TV and radio sport for a weekend.
Lineker compared the government’s language on immigration as "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s”.
He was suspended by the BBC’s Director General, Tim Davie on the grounds of impartiality.
In this special episode, I’ve gathered exclusive voices to mop up the layers of unresolved issues that have fallen by the wayside in the rush to appease Gary and chums to get BBC Sport back onair.
Stay tuned for Panorama’s documentary maker John Ware, Theresa May’s former Chief of Staff, Nick Timothy, prominent journalists Nicole Lampert and Jonathan Sacerdoti, author of The Greatest Comeback, David Bolchover, Alex Hearn, Director of Labour Against Antisemitism and CEO of UK Lawyers of Israel, Jonathan Turner.
Lineker compared the government’s language on immigration as "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s”.
He was suspended by the BBC’s Director General, Tim Davie on the grounds of impartiality.
In this special episode, I’ve gathered exclusive voices to mop up the layers of unresolved issues that have fallen by the wayside in the rush to appease Gary and chums to get BBC Sport back onair.
Stay tuned for Panorama’s documentary maker John Ware, Theresa May’s former Chief of Staff, Nick Timothy, prominent journalists Nicole Lampert and Jonathan Sacerdoti, author of The Greatest Comeback, David Bolchover, Alex Hearn, Director of Labour Against Antisemitism and CEO of UK Lawyers of Israel, Jonathan Turner.
Released:
Mar 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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