And if you look at his full comment on it (not the heavily edited version used in your clip - reinforcing my point that people are selective to make him look as bad as possible) he was crystal clear that he didn't say it and that he would never use that word. He even dealt with it with his production team before the end of the day. So, here's the full "apology" http://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2014/may/02/jeremy-clarkson-begs-forgiveness-n-word-video Vin
tbf to Clarkson...some racist words were common years ago in sayings, songs and nursery rhymes. It is entirely possibly to quote a word accidently when you would never dream of saying it normally. It wasn't aimed at anyone, was it?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Wow more people signed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BringBackClarkson?src=hash">#BringBackClarkson</a> than stop female gentital mutiliation! Well done society, well done! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Priorities?src=hash">#Priorities</a></p>— Mayonnaise Boy (@sammysummer13) <a href="">March 11, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Not quite as simple as that. You can't just roll out the rest of the series with another presenter. The programmes inevitably have pre-recorded content in them which includes Clarkson, and he is suspended until further notice. So that means the programme just cannot carry on with another presenter or two presenters only. There was one way the BBC could have done this better, which was to have got rid of him long ago. He's a middle class yob and a loose cannon who will eventually go off. I hope the BBC do not bow to this petition. In fact, I'm sure they won't. Apart from the mistake they have made for keeping him on for too long I don't see how they could have dealt with the situation much better. The sad thing is that he will be picked up by other networks who don't give a hoot about role models and broadcast behavioural standards.
