Will the BBC regret suspending Gary Lineker?
Former BBC Director General believes the BBC’s suspension of Gary Lineker from hosting Match of the Day is a grave mistake and will be seen as an act of government pressure.
Former BBC Director General believes the BBC’s suspension of Gary Lineker from hosting Match of the Day is a grave mistake and will be seen as an act of government pressure.
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T he BBC’s decision to suspend Gary Lineker from hosting Match of the Day is a grave mistake that has undermined its own credibility, according to its former director general Greg Dyke.
There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?
— Gary Lineker 💙💛 (@GaryLineker) March 7, 2023
On the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he pointed out that there is a long-established precedent in the BBC that entertainment presenters and football presenters are not bound by the same rules of impartiality as news and current affairs employees.
