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err you do realise the daily mash dont actually report real life?Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostThe proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek PointsComment
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I see Brand fell on his sword. At least that makes him more honourable in the end than any politician I can remember recently.Comment
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Don't know...let's have a poll to decide!Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostGas masks don't fit snails...
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Whilst I do not agree with what they did at all, I think the hysteria is getting a bit OTT.
I personally find both of them pretty amusing. Not £XM-a-year amusing, but pretty good fun over all. They work at the extremities of taste however and need to be regulated, that is what producers are for and why shows are recorded in advance. They personally ought to have realised that they were overstepping the boundaries in this case, but in any event the show should have been hooked by the producer before it was ever aired. Putting a rookie in charge of two loose cannons like Brand and Ross was a real recipe for disaster. I think that some form of sanction was well merited, but to call for their sacking seems to me to be a bit extreme and knee-jerk. Of course if you are a Daily Mail reader that only ever listens to the Archers and watches Alan Titchmarsh shows, I am sure that their public execution seems like a small price to pay, but for the rest of us living in the real world, less extreme measures would seem to be more proportionate. Can Ross's shows for a month and give his salary to Children in Need. That'll do for me!“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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YOu raise some good points - I particularly like the idea of giving Ross's wages to C-i-N!!Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
The key thing for me is that something had to be done. In this country we seem to use political correctness, human rights, civil liberties and all other well meaning laws to let standards decline and let society slowly slide down the pan! Naturally there is a positive side to all those laws but too many people abuse them and we end up with a number of major problems negatively impacting our society!!!
When people see the likes of Ross and Brand being paid high salaries to insult people it is deemed as "acceptable". Just the thin end of the wedge in my opinion......!!Comment
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I can't stand Brand or his attitude to women. Good riddance !!
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A while back there was a big (front page I think) story in the local paper in Poole about Jonathan Ross donating £500 to a school near his house in Swanage. There was a big ceremony at the school when he presented the cheque etc etc.
£500 is nothing to this guy!!! It's like me bunging them a fiver! But he made a big deal out of the whole thing!
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The Telegraph are reporting that, if the BBC sack Ross, a legal battle would follow.
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But Ross and his legal advisers will argue that any blame is attached to the BBC for permitting the comments to be broadcast in the first place. They will argue that if anyone is dismissed or disciplined it should be the producers of the show and compliance team.
One source said: "Ross was in a studio, on someone else's show, with a producer and an engineer. They tapes were sent to a senior member of staff to be vetted in the usual way and they were cleared. So whose fault is that? I think lawyers would have a field day if the BBC tries to scapegoat the presenters."Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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