Is Lineker finished

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JakartaToon said:
If he is not breaching his contract or saying something illegal or racist he should be allowed to post what he wants.







Why is everyone getting so uptight about it? It’s just one persons opinion that you can agree with, disagree, ignore or take the piss out of him for it.
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There mustn't be anything else happening in the news for this to have so much coverage.
 
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JakartaToon said:
If he is not breaching his contract or saying something illegal or racist he should be allowed to post what he wants.

Why is everyone getting so uptight about it? It’s just one persons opinion that you can agree with, disagree, ignore or take the piss out of him for it.
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I agree but regardless of his being an employee or sub contractor i ‘believed’ he is/was breaching impartiality terms of his contract by making these comments based on a vague recollection of him having been reprimanded previously ages back for making non impartial comments.

If has terms requiring impartiality then he should abide by them. If he hasn’t then the BBC are wrong, firstly, in reprimanding him and, secondly, in failing to have impartiality terms in any contract with him.

The BBC should always remain impartial due to its perceived position and potential influence it could have due to that position. I, for one, don’t want a state run propaganda machine sitting in my front room. I’m not saying the BBC is that rather that’s why it’s so important for all the BBC to remain impartial. Lineker can hold whatever views he wants but whilst he holds a position putting him front and centre with the BBC then he should either keep his opinions to himself or leave the BBC.

As an example of apparent position of influence would Lineker have as many social media followers if he hadn’t been on the BBC for so many years? I very much doubt it.
 
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JakartaToon said:
If he is not breaching his contract or saying something illegal or racist he should be allowed to post what he wants.

Why is everyone getting so uptight about it? It’s just one persons opinion that you can agree with, disagree, ignore or take the piss out of him for it.
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Probably because they are all Tories,the head of the BBC was appointed by Boris to stop any of this, just my opinion mind.
BTW no commentary tonight either, won't watch
 
Andra Tutto Bene said:
I agree but regardless of his being an employee or sub contractor i ‘believed’ he is/was breaching impartiality terms of his contract by making these comments based on a vague recollection of him having been reprimanded previously ages back for making non impartial comments.

If has terms requiring impartiality then he should abide by them. If he hasn’t then the BBC are wrong, firstly, in reprimanding him and, secondly, in failing to have impartiality terms in any contract with him.

The BBC should always remain impartial due to its perceived position and potential influence it could have due to that position. I, for one, don’t want a state run propaganda machine sitting in my front room. I’m not saying the BBC is that rather that’s why it’s so important for all the BBC to remain impartial. Lineker can hold whatever views he wants but whilst he holds a position putting him front and centre with the BBC then he should either keep his opinions to himself or leave the BBC.

As an example of apparent position of influence would Lineker have as many social media followers if he hadn’t been on the BBC for so many years? I very much doubt it.
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Apparently he has breached his contract so fair enough.

I think the BBC does generally a pretty good job of remaining impartial and reporting news rather than expressing political views. Its noticeable that comments on its lack of impartiality have only come to the fore since the country (and Chippy in particular) moved further to the right. I think the fact that both the left and right complain about its bias show its doing okay.

Its my main source of news, particularly when I am overseas. That may be partly due to the presenters and in particular this one:

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You can't beat intelligent totty.
 
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Mick O'Toon said:
Probably because they are all Tories,the head of the BBC was appointed by Boris to stop any of this, just my opinion mind.
BTW no commentary tonight either, won't watch
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It will be funny if everyone finds its more fun without the commentary and pundits. They could also try selecting a fan from each team to do the commentary. I would love to hear @Roland Deschain do it for us. They could have the Samaritans number running across the bottom of the screen at the same time.
 
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JakartaToon said:
Apparently he has breached his contract so fair enough.

I think the BBC does generally a pretty good job of remaining impartial and reporting news rather than expressing political views. Its noticeable that comments on its lack of impartiality have only come to the fore since the country (and Chippy in particular) moved further to the right. I think the fact that both the left and right complain about its bias show its doing okay.

Its my main source of news, particularly when I am overseas. That may be partly due to the presenters and in particular this one:

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You can't beat intelligent totty.
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The less brains the better imo
 
JakartaToon said:
I guess it depends on whether you feel challenged by an intelligent woman.

There's something taboo but exciting about having a **** while she reports about the crisis in Afghanistan.
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Don't get me wrong it makes them more desirable but long term I just want someone that cooks my dinner without too much of a challenge.
 
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Andra Tutto Bene said:
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Main thing for me is that as he’s employed by the BBC. He’s meant to be impartial. He’s not.

As far as the other two are concerned I doubt we, the viewer, will notice their absence. Neither are good pundits. Compare them, and indeed just about every other football pundit, with the cricket or the golf ex players who are pundits and it’s like chalk and cheese.
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Well that’s up for debate itself and is currently being challenged by hmrc as they claim he owes 5m in tax due to IR35.
 
Number 1 Jasper said:
I think this is where the real problem exists .

The BBC News dept do have strict impartiality rules , but I don’t think parts like the sports dept do ( I expect they will very soon ) , also Lineker is a freelancer .

He commentates on football for the BBC , and has posted his personal beliefs on social media .

personally as things stand IN THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE I think he is well within his rites to post as he feels , let others have the right to reply .

If he has broken any rules , then he will be dealt with accordingly , but as I said I don’t think he has , so the BBC are wrong .
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He’s not a freelancer according to him and his lawyer
 
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