Post by Teddy Bear on Jan 31, 2011 1:24:54 GMT
This story just illustrates how blinkard and hypocritical the BBC are when it comes to judging their own, yet incapable of applying the same standards when applying it to others.
Ironically, coming in the same week that 2 Sky sports presenters were fired for sexist comments that were accidentally broadcast, this BBC sports 'pundit' made one intentionally, and far more 'offensive' than those made by the Sky team.
On Question time last Thursday, Dimbleby made sure that a question was aired about whether the sacking of the Sky presenters was justified. Only one, Katie Hopkins, of their otherwise usual left-wing panellists, stood up for them. The others expressed outrage at their comments and thought it was right that they had been, together with the largely left-wing Cambridge audience who also jeered Hopkins for her response..
So why haven't the BBC sacked their presenter for the same 'crime', and also manage to justify his comments? Could it be that Sky has to react according to the complaints they receive, and the BBC can just ignore them? After all, unlike Sky, the BBC will get it's money anyway.
it also shows how the BBC can very easily go against its own professed views when it serves them to do so.
Pure Slime!
Ironically, coming in the same week that 2 Sky sports presenters were fired for sexist comments that were accidentally broadcast, this BBC sports 'pundit' made one intentionally, and far more 'offensive' than those made by the Sky team.
On Question time last Thursday, Dimbleby made sure that a question was aired about whether the sacking of the Sky presenters was justified. Only one, Katie Hopkins, of their otherwise usual left-wing panellists, stood up for them. The others expressed outrage at their comments and thought it was right that they had been, together with the largely left-wing Cambridge audience who also jeered Hopkins for her response..
So why haven't the BBC sacked their presenter for the same 'crime', and also manage to justify his comments? Could it be that Sky has to react according to the complaints they receive, and the BBC can just ignore them? After all, unlike Sky, the BBC will get it's money anyway.
it also shows how the BBC can very easily go against its own professed views when it serves them to do so.
Pure Slime!
BBC backs pundit Perry Groves after jibe that 'hormones affect women referees’
The BBC has given its backing to Perry Groves, one of its regular football pundits, who claimed that women were too inconsistent to be referees and liable to be too emotional, depressed or aggressive during their “time of the month”.
By Simon Hart 10:48PM GMT 29 Jan 2011
The provocative attack on female officials, far more lurid than the sexist comments that cost Sky Sports presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys their jobs last week, was made by the former Arsenal midfielder, who appears regularly on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Unlike the “off-air” chat between Gray and Keys, his criticisms were intended for public consumption.
In an article published in The Sun newspaper last year, Groves wrote: “I know a lot of women and they’re not consistent from hour to hour. Footballers want the rules to be applied consistently and this wouldn’t happen with women refs.
“It’s hard enough for male refs to earn respect from players. With a woman in charge, players will be thinking: 'You know nothing about football’.
“Also, let’s face it, women have periods and we all know how hormones affect them. Would women refs be banned during their 'time of the month’ because they might be more emotional, depressed or aggressive?
"A female commentator was tried out on Match of the Day. She knew her stuff but didn’t sound right. Women refs in charge of men’s matches should be given the red card too.”
Groves, who appears regularly alongside broadcaster Colin Murray on Radio 5 Live’s Fighting Talk and Kicking Off programmes, declined to elaborate on his comments but insisted his views on female officials were not meant to be taken seriously.
“I’m not touching that this week,” he said. “I’m not going to go there because anything I say would be interpreted in a different way. I was trying to be a bit tongue in cheek so it can be taken out of context. It was more of a light-hearted piece. It is nowhere near the situation with Richard Keys.”
A BBC spokesman said: “If you know Perry, yes he does give an analysis of the game but he is also a light-hearted foil to Colin Murray and that’s the kind of attitude and style that they have.
“I don’t think Perry would stand by that as a serious analysis of women’s refereeing standards. As a regular on Fighting Talk he has a stock in trade of banter and fun and this is indicative of the kind of place he goes.”
The BBC has given its backing to Perry Groves, one of its regular football pundits, who claimed that women were too inconsistent to be referees and liable to be too emotional, depressed or aggressive during their “time of the month”.
By Simon Hart 10:48PM GMT 29 Jan 2011
The provocative attack on female officials, far more lurid than the sexist comments that cost Sky Sports presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys their jobs last week, was made by the former Arsenal midfielder, who appears regularly on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Unlike the “off-air” chat between Gray and Keys, his criticisms were intended for public consumption.
In an article published in The Sun newspaper last year, Groves wrote: “I know a lot of women and they’re not consistent from hour to hour. Footballers want the rules to be applied consistently and this wouldn’t happen with women refs.
“It’s hard enough for male refs to earn respect from players. With a woman in charge, players will be thinking: 'You know nothing about football’.
“Also, let’s face it, women have periods and we all know how hormones affect them. Would women refs be banned during their 'time of the month’ because they might be more emotional, depressed or aggressive?
"A female commentator was tried out on Match of the Day. She knew her stuff but didn’t sound right. Women refs in charge of men’s matches should be given the red card too.”
Groves, who appears regularly alongside broadcaster Colin Murray on Radio 5 Live’s Fighting Talk and Kicking Off programmes, declined to elaborate on his comments but insisted his views on female officials were not meant to be taken seriously.
“I’m not touching that this week,” he said. “I’m not going to go there because anything I say would be interpreted in a different way. I was trying to be a bit tongue in cheek so it can be taken out of context. It was more of a light-hearted piece. It is nowhere near the situation with Richard Keys.”
A BBC spokesman said: “If you know Perry, yes he does give an analysis of the game but he is also a light-hearted foil to Colin Murray and that’s the kind of attitude and style that they have.
“I don’t think Perry would stand by that as a serious analysis of women’s refereeing standards. As a regular on Fighting Talk he has a stock in trade of banter and fun and this is indicative of the kind of place he goes.”