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  • #76
    Things could be worse Claire Balding has just got her own show!
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    • #77
      [QUOTE=tomatwalden;1168677]I agree. Dismissal was only one way they could have dealt with this, and frankly I think it was the worst way. [/QUOTE]

      I think the problem was that the BBC had boxed themselves into a corner. After Clarksons previous transgression over alleged racial comments (use of work 'slope') he was put on a final warning and would be sacked if there was one more incident.

      So they didn't leave any other option but sacking open to themselves. They either carry through on their word and loose one of their most popular shows or climb down and look weak and inconsistent.
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      • #78
        The racial slant bit drives me mad. The BBC stand apart claiming the racial slur of Clarkson and so on, but this is not a live show. The BBC edit the show and air it so they are in fact condoning any remarks he makes. Everyone bleats on about this being scripted and nothing is ad-lib surely that also applies to the racism then?

        So if the BBC weren't happy with the comments surely it would go something like;

        Clarkson - Don't get me started on Mexican's.......! blah blah
        BBC - Errr! Jeremy can we stop it there and re do the take as we can't have a racial comment like that.

        Nope, they record it, edit it and then laugh the same as everyone else when it is aired.

        Now jump forward to todays nanny, I'm going to tell my Mum you're not being nice state. Some ponce goes on TV claiming whatever and how the BBC should be taking action, then all of a sudden they do and claim how he's on his last warning for racism. What about the last 10 years where they thought it was acceptable?

        Clarkson is a prat, the show is scripted and has nothing to do with life. Yup, and knowing all that it's still funny.

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        • #79
          The word sacking gets my goat, this word in the real world generally means "person or persons relieved of there financial employment gain and will no longer be able to pay next months mortgage "


          I cant quiet get my head round the word meaning anything to someone with a net wealth of over 30 million, and I am sure he doesn't give a flying :-) .
          As for the program I lost interest years ago but hey ho.

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          • #80
            [QUOTE=Supa Koopa;1168764]The racial slant bit drives me mad. [/QUOTE]

            One thing it does prove is that while the show is obviously scripted, it's also obviously Clarkson, Hammond and May who write the script. If they were just actors (like has been claimed) and they were just reading out someone else's script, then why would Clarkson be the one to get the final warning rather than his scriptwriter?

            Apparently the story that the BBC came up with is that they do review the script (as written by Clarkson et al) and they do review the show before broadcast but the word 'slope' was not recognised as a racial comment. FWIW I can believe that to be honest, as it wasn't something I'd heard before either, I watched the show in question and it went right over my head.
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            • #81
              [QUOTE=mak24seven;1168809]The word sacking gets my goat, this word in the real world generally means "person or persons relieved of there financial employment gain and will no longer be able to pay next months mortgage "[/QUOTE]

              I think you will find the accepted meaning of "sacking" is simply to be dismissed from employment. It says nothing at all about the ability of the person being sacked to pay his bills or even it the person is actually bothered about being sacked.

              [url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sacked]sacked - definition of sacked by The Free Dictionary[/url]
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