SACKED DJ AND THE "N" WORD

[dance2drop]

First of all, double standards. Jeremy Clarkson said the "N" word and the Beeb turned a blind eye.

A DJ playing an old record where that word was used is sacked.

So politically correct these days. Can't say this word, can't say that.

I feel like being a naughty girl and going out on the streets shouting out "nigger", "fatty", "coon" not forgetting "Islam faith is evil" which I think it is !!

Sick of this country.

From a pensioner with a wicked streak !

[Teddy Bear]

It could be far worse Dance, you might have been one of those who bought into the Ministry of Thought's PC nonsense.
Hopefully there will be many more who feel as you do and will be seeking vengeance to reclaim sensible values once cherished in this country.

[Teddy Bear]

Let's be clear, the only reason the BBC acts the way they do is to convince the world that they are truly sensitive and caring souls who want only to protect the minority who might be hurt by 'insensitive terms'.
That the BBC are hypocritical cruds who continually exhibit limited thinking in this masquerade, first because they don't appear to understand that a word is only racist if it's intended as such, otherwise it's only a word. Also that our society overcame the real racism a long time ago, which is why shows like 'Till Death Do Us Part' worked. It showed just how scornful and ridiculous racism was. So the BBC farcical response actually demeans all intelligent people - black and white. This is unacceptable and only increases the need for them to be put out to pasture.

2 articles to show just how stupid they are over this issue.

N-word radio show was pre-recorded but 'no one at BBC listened to it'
'N-word' radio show was recorded six days before broadcast but BBC bosses failed to listen to it, DJ David Lowe claims, as he says nothing has changed since Sachsgate

BBC bosses had access to a pre-recorded radio show on which the “n-word” was accidentally broadcast but failed to listen to it in the six days before it went on air.

David Lowe was asked to resign after unwittingly playing an 80-year-old version of “The Sun Has Got His Hat On” which contained a racist word on his BBC Devon show on April 27.

But it has emerged that the incident could have been avoided if managers at the station had followed the usual protocol and approved the programme before it went to air.

Mr Lowe, 68, said the episode illustrated why the BBC’s compliance procedures, which were tightened up after the “Sachsgate” scandal involving Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand in 2008, were inadequate and needed to be “completely rethought”.

It came as the Prime Minister lent his support to the DJ, claiming it seemed “slightly unfair” to have been asked to resign after making an honest mistake. Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, said the BBC had behaved in an "utterly disgraceful" manner.

Mr Lowe told The Telegraph he would always pre-record his shows about six days ahead of transmission, before uploading them along with a series of compliance forms to an internal system.

As part of the compliance process, he was required to nominate a third party in BBC management who would be available to listen to each programme and approve it before broadcast.

Just two days before the April 27th show, however, he logged onto the system and noticed that the programme was still listed as “pending” and had not been changed to “approved”.

“I immediately emailed the managing editor and said ‘I see it has not been approved, we are getting a bit close for comfort’,” Mr Lowe said. “He immediately came back to me and said ‘Ok, I will deal with that’. I said ‘Thanks a lot’ and forgot about it.
“When I went back into the compliance form again on the Monday evening after transmission, I noticed the programme was still pending – in other words, it had not been approved for transmission.

“Clearly the [compliance] system is cobbled together, it is fractured and it needs either scrapping or completely rethinking.”
Mr Lowe also claimed a fellow BBC radio DJ had informed him the offending song was still visible on the corporation’s internal library on Monday morning, two weeks after the incident.

A BBC spokeswoman confirmed that the programme had been pre-recorded but added: “His weekly show was categorised as low risk and therefore did not require complex sign off procedures. The key point remains that we should not have accepted his resignation.”
Mr Lowe initially offered to apologise on air or “fall on his sword” after a complaint was made about the use of the offensive term on his programme, and the BBC told him they would accept his resignation.

The DJ was subsequently offered his job back when bosses accepted they had acted rashly, but he reluctantly declined on health grounds because the stress of the incident has aggravated a neurological condition.

Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Monday, David Cameron said: “It does seem in this case where if he really didn't know what was on the record, it does seem slightly unfair.

“As I understand it the BBC have talked about taking him back on again ... Well as I say, I don't know all the facts of the case but from reading the papers like everyone else, it looked a bit odd.”

Mr Lowe said: “I hear that David Cameron did make some comment to the effect he felt the BBC had handled this pretty badly, which is fairly true.
“I am rather staggered that this has reached such heights, that the reaction has been so strong to this event. I never believed this could grow so big so quickly.”

While David Cameron has also criticised the BBC for their reaction over this, Boris Johnson hasn't mixed metaphors with his far more forceful denouncement.

Boris Johnson: BBC's treatment of veteran broadcaster has been 'utterly disgraceful'
Boris Johnson says entire BBC board should travel down to Devon and apologise in person to broadcaster forced to resign for unwittingly playing song containing racist slur

By Steven Swinford

Boris Johnson has accused the BBC of treating a local presenter forced to resign for unwittingly playing a song containing a racist slur in an "utterly disgraceful" manner.

Mr Johnson said that the corporation's entire board should travel down to Devon at their own expense and apologise to David Lowe, a veteran broadcaster, in person.

Mr Lowe resigned after unwittingly playing an old version of The Sun has Got His Hat On which features the N-word.

The Mayor of London said that in a "modest way" Britain is living in a "Boko Haram world", a reference to the Islamic militants who have attracted international condemnation after kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls.

Boko Haram is opposed to any form of political or social activity associated with Western society. It has attracted international condemnation for kidnapping, maiming and killing children.

Mr Johnson said: "In our own modest way, we live in a Boko Haram world, where it all depends on the swirling rage of the Internet mob, and where terrified bureaucrats and politicians are borne along against a torrent of confected outrage.

"There is no consistency in the outlook of the Nigerian maniacs: they use weapons produced by the very capitalist system they claim to deplore, for instance.

"There is certainly no logic at the BBC. They should restore Mr Lowe to his job – if he will take it – and the entire BBC Board should go down to Devon to apologise in person, and at their own expense."

Mr Johnson said that while the N-word is "rude and offensive", in Britain it has become so "haram" – meaning forbidden – that "prohibition is now enforced with a semi-religious fervour".

He said that Jeremy Clarkson, who appeared to mumble the word while reciting a nursery rhyme, had been the victim of a "clerisy of self-appointed Internet witch doctors" who had gone "completely loco – or perhaps Boko is the word".

He said that the corporation was so cowed by the prospect to the "tweets, the twitstorms, all that endless hashtag BBC racist nightmare" when they heard about Mr Lowe that they had no option but to "fire him". The corporation has since offered Mr Lowe his job back, but he has declined.
Mr Johnson said that by the same logic Tony Hall, the BBC director general, and all the corporation's schedulers should be asked to "commit Hara-kiri" for broadcasting Pulp Fiction, a film containing repeated use of the N-word.

Mr Lowe admitted he had made a “silly mistake” by playing the song, but said of his departure that “political correctness in all its forms has got a lot to answer for”.

He added: “I believe that this is a good opportunity for the BBC and other broadcasters to make a well defined list of any recording that uses any offensive words such as the n-word in question.

“In the meantime, people like myself and my BBC colleagues are going to continue to come a cropper…What comes to mind, and I believe it is still played regularly on the BBC, is Elvis Costello’s “Oliver’s Army”, which contains the very same word.
“I don’t have anything against Oliver’s Army, in fact I played it myself many times, but one has to look at the possibility of double standards if one recording is a no-no [and another is not].”

A BBC spokesperson said: “We accept that the discussion with David Lowe about his future could have been handled better.
"His offer to resign was agreed locally but once escalated it was decided his resignation should not have been accepted.

"David was initially invited early last week (Tues 6 May) to return to his show. He has declined and so we would like to thank him for his many years presenting on Radio Devon and wish him well for the future.”

[Teddy Bear]

Further evidence that the 'sacking' of this DJ had nothing to do with any real wrongdoings other than what exists within the BBC hypocritical mindset.

DJ David Lowe says 'N-word' song that he lost his job over is on the BBC's approved list of music which is 'okay to play'

• David Lowe, 68, played song containing the N-word on BBC Radio Devon
• He resigned after playing 1932 version of The Sun Has Got His Hat On
• But the song was on the corporation's approved song list, he claims
• DJ said his shows were pre-recorded, but no one listened to it

By Sam Webb

The BBC DJ who left the BBC after accidentally playing a song with a racial slur in it claims it is on the corporation's approved list - and still is now.

David Lowe, lost his job after playing a 1932 version of The Sun Has Got His Hat On during his Sunday night show on BBC Radio Devon.

The version contains the line: ‘He’s been tanning n****** out in Timbuktu, now he’s coming back to do the same to you.’

Following the broadcast, Mr Lowe immediately offered to apologise on air for his error - but the corporation ordered Mr Lowe to 'fall on his sword' after just one listener complained.

According to the Mirror, the 68-year-old told The Jon Gaunt Show on Fubar Radio: 'When talking about my treatment, I prefer to use the word ‘inconsistencies’, rather than ‘double-standards’, because to the best of my knowledge, the version of the song I played was, certainly until just a few days ago, on the BBC’s ‘Okay to play’ list.

‘And one of my all-time favourites, Oliver’s Army by Elvis Costello, which features the N-word, is still played regularly on British radio.'

Mr Lowe has said the show was pre-recorded - but it not approved for transmission by station managers as required by the BBC's compliance system.

He added that the BBC management structure was 'flawed' and should be 'scrapped'.

Mr Lowe said: 'I don’t have any quarrels with my BBC colleagues - my quarrel is with the flawed system they are trying to work with.

'The BBC is trying to be all things to all men and women - and that’s an impossibility in anyone’s language.'

A BBC spokeswoman said: 'David's show is a specialist music show and he played the track out of his own personal music collection.

'We don't have an 'approved' list. Nor do we have a 'banned' list.

NOEL GAY'S ORIGINAL - AND HOW IT'S CHANGED

Composer: Noel Gay wrote the son in 1932 for Me And My Girl

The lyrics to The Sun Has Got His Hat On have been changed several times since Noel Gay (above) and Ralph Butler wrote the original in 1932.

It was composed for the musical Me And My Girl and first recorded by the Henry Hall BBC Dance Orchestra, with vocals by Val Rosing.

The second verse went: ‘He’s been tanning n*****s out in Timbuktu, Now he’s coming back to do the same for you.’

More recent versions have changed it to: ‘He’s been roastin’ peanuts out in Timbuktu’ or just ‘shining brightly out in Timbuktu’.

'We make editorial decisions about what records to play on a case-by-case basis taking a wide range of contextual factors into account.

'As we’ve made clear, we accept that the discussion with David Lowe about his future could have been handled better.

'We don’t ban records and the decision about which records to play on local or national radio is for individual producers or presenters, as it always has been.

'We make editorial decisions about what records to play on a case-by-case basis taking a wide range of contextual factors into account.

'David Lowe's weekly show was categorised as low risk and therefore did not require complex sign off procedures.

'We do not require managers to listen to programmes categorised as low risk if the producer of the programme is happy that it complies with BBC Editorial Guidelines.

'The producer in this case was David Lowe.

'The key point remains that we should not have accepted his resignation.'

She added that the door remains open if he wishes to resume his show.

Some have accused the BBC of double standards for allowing Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson to keep his job after mumbling the N-word in an outtake of his motoring show.

Mr Lowe's former boss at BBC Radio Devon Roy Corlett, said at the time: ‘To end David’s career in this way when Clarkson was given a rap on the knuckles is absolutely appalling.

'It is an outrageous way to treat a loyal and distinguished employee. You couldn’t wish to meet a nicer man.’

Prime Minister David Cameron said his dismissal was 'slightly unfair' while Mayor of London Boris Johnson said the corporation acted in a 'disgraceful' way by firing the veteran DJ.

[Teddy Bear]

Just when you think the BBC can't get any more ridiculous with their PC nonsense they prove us wrong.
Now it's the 'G' word.
No, not Golly, as in Golliwog.
it's 'Girl'!

Now BBC bans the G-word: Sports reporter joked that he’d been beaten in judo bout by a 19-year-old GIRL... so ‘sexist’ word cut from broadcast

• Mark Beaumont, 31, made joke after being hurled to floor by judo champion
• Remark aired in full when programme first broadcast last month
• Show was edited when rebroadcast last week to remove word
• Athlete herself Cynthia Rahming left bemused: ‘I wasn’t offended – I didn’t find it sexist'
• Mariella Frostrup and Miriam O'Reilly support BBC stance
• Anthea Turner and Kathy Lette both think corporation's edit was wrong

By Ian Gallagher

The BBC was embroiled in an extraordinary censorship row last night after cutting the word ‘girl’ from a documentary about the Commonwealth Games, fearing it might cause 'offence'.

Broadcaster Mark Beaumont, 31, joked after being hurled to the floor by a judo champion: ‘I am not sure I can live that down – being beaten by a 19-year-old girl.’

His remark was broadcast in full when the 30-minute episode of The Queen’s Baton Relay was first shown on the BBC News Channel in April.

But evidently sensitive to charges of sexism, BBC executives decided to edit out the word ‘girl’ when the programme was repeated last week, leaving an awkward pause in place of the offending word.

Asked by a viewer what had happened, Mr Beaumont tweeted: ‘Maybe the editor thought it was sexist – it wasn’t. I’m not worried about it.’

Even the judo champion involved, Cynthia Rahming, was left bemused. ‘I wasn’t offended – I didn’t find it sexist,’ she told The Mail on Sunday.

Elsewhere, it divided opinion, with some TV presenters, including Mariella Frostrup, 51, backing the BBC’s stance.

She said: ‘“Girls” to me is a fantastic word because I think, “Girls... full of potential.” But it has been used as a dismissive term as well. So I can imagine why it would be controversial. The athlete may not have been offended but the BBC has to think of the sensibilities of everybody watching.’

Feminist novelist Kathy Lette, 55, however, said: ‘If the athlete didn’t find it upsetting why should the BBC mount their politically correct high horse and gallop off into the sanctimonious sunset?’

The row comes two weeks after the corporation was accused of double standards after it forced veteran broadcaster David Lowe to quit for mistakenly playing an old version of The Sun Has Got His Hat On, which featured the N-word.

Jeremy Clarkson, however, kept his job, when he appeared to use the same racist term during the filming of Top Gear.

It also follows the BBC’s decision to replace John Inverdale with Clare Balding as its Wimbledon presenter on 5 Live following his sexist comments about Women’s Champion Marion Bartoli last year, and the criticism of the Premier League for not sacking its chief executive Richard Scudamore over emails he sent containing derogatory jokes about women.

The Queen’s Baton Relay charts the progress of the baton as it tours Commonwealth countries ahead of the Games in Glasgow in July.

Mr Beaumont, a record-breaking cyclist, interviews athletes during the journey.

A BBC spokesman said that because the baton’s tour was treated as a news event, the unedited version of the documentary was broadcast soon after being filmed.

‘They had more time to edit it the second time,’ she added. ‘Mark didn’t mean to cause offence. But the word ‘girl’ was taken out just in case it did.’

Before its first airing, the programme was seen by a lawyer and an executive to ensure it did not breach BBC guidelines.

The uncensored clip remains on the BBC’s website.

In the clip from the documentary, shot in the Bahamas, Beaumont interviews D’Arcy Rahming, the head of the Bahamanian Judo Association, before being given a demonstration by his daughter, Cynthia, who is due to represent her country in the Games.

Within seconds the presenter ends up flat on his back. After his comment about being beaten by a girl, he adds: ‘You should be good – you’re going to the Commonwealth Games.’

Beaumont was unavailable for comment yesterday.

Former TV presenter Anthea Turner, 53, said: ‘It’s mad. I think people have got to stand back, stop all this. It is just silly... We have got to be able to have a sense of humour. I feel that there are certain issues you really have to be sensitive about, like race, but you must be able to have a laugh about something. The problem now is that people have become over-sensitive – and the BBC has become too over-cautious.’

Mariella Frostrup, 51 (left), said that the BBC was right to censor the word 'girl' in its programme; Miriam O'Reilly, 57, who sued the BBC for age discrimination said Mark Beaumont was guilty of 'everyday sexism'

But Miriam O’Reilly, 57, who sued the BBC for age discrimination after being dropped as presenter of Countryfile, took a different view.

She said: ‘The response from Mark Beaumont to Cynthia Rahming throwing him to the ground was to emphasise his faux embarrassment. He used the word “girl” because it has connotations of being younger and weaker. I think he immediately realised what he said was sexist.

‘He knew he was going to be thrown by Cynthia, she is a first-class sportswoman at the top of her game. He and the director obviously thought to play up the being thrown by a “girl” aspect would be funny, when in reality it’s an example of casual everyday sexism.’

[charmbrights]

Why does the BBC use sexist language? It calls this event "Queen's Baton Relay". Surely this ought to be "Sovereign's Baton Relay" on the extreme-PC non-sexist BBC?

[Teddy Bear]

The public, and an MP have expressed their view about how ridiculous the BBC has been with their latest PC nonsense.
If the BBC were truly concerned about not giving offence then they would take far more care about their constant twisted narratives to support their own agenda but hurt many innocent people.

Which is why they pick bullshit to make themselves appear caring and concerned, like an over-acting con artist.

BBC mauled for ruling 'girl' is offensive word: MP leads growing outcry at politically correct censorship

• BBC cut the 'G-word' from repeat of a Commonwealth Games documentary
• Critics attack the move, saying it is 'finding offence where none is taken'
• Corporation spokesman says the word was cut 'just in case'

By Sam Marsden

Its last political correctness row was over the use of the N-word.

Now, the BBC is once again under fire. Only this time, the dispute involves a rather less offensive term ... girl.

The corporation was accused of censorship after cutting the ‘G-word’ from a documentary on the Commonwealth Games.

During the programme, presenter Mark Beaumont, 31, was flung to the ground by a young judo champion, and joked: ‘I am not sure I can live that down – being beaten by a 19-year-old-girl.’

His remarks were aired in full when the documentary, called The Queen’s Baton Relay, was first broadcast on the BBC News Channel in April.

But fearing viewers might take offence, the corporation decided to edit out the word ‘girl’ when it was repeated last week.

Critics, however, attacked the move. Tory MP Philip Davies, who sits on the Commons culture, media and sport committee, said: ‘They are finding offence where none is taken or intended.

‘We are going to end up in a situation where nobody is going to dare say anything lest some politically correct zealot deems it offensive.’

Mr Beaumont, a record-breaking cyclist and adventurer, also questioned why the cut was necessary, writing on Twitter: ‘Maybe the editor thought it was sexist – it wasn’t. I’m not worried about it.’

Even the teenage judo champion in question, Cynthia Rahming from the Bahamas, was baffled. ‘I wasn’t offended – I didn’t find it sexist,’ she told The Mail on Sunday.

The row comes a fortnight after the BBC was criticised for forcing veteran Radio Devon DJ David Lowe to quit for mistakenly playing an old version of The Sun Has Got His Hat On featuring the N-word.

By contrast, Jeremy Clarkson kept his job despite appearing to mumble the same racist term in unaired Top Gear footage.

In the judo documentary, Mr Beaumont follows the baton tour through Commonwealth countries ahead of the Games in Glasgow in July.

Feminist novelist Kathy Lette also joined the storm of critcicism, saying: ‘If the athlete didn’t find it upsetting, why should the BBC mount their politically correct high horse and gallop off into the sanctimonious sunset?’

And viewers expressed their anger at the move. Andrew Ramsbottom wrote on Twitter: ‘Ha, now the BBC has really lost the plot. We now have the G-word that is not PC! Girl is now deemed sexist and can’t be used. Just wrong!’

Garry Sawyer added: ‘The BBC has gone PC mad, deleting the word “girl” from a doco for being sexist, what is this world coming to?’

Stephen Williams highlighted the corporation’s poor record of featuring women presenters aged over 50. He said: ‘BBC edit out word “girl” as though it might be construed as sexist! Dumping older women broadcasters alright though.’

But TV presenter Mariella Frostrup backed the corporation’s stance, telling the Mail on Sunday: ‘I can imagine why it would be controversial. The athlete may not have been offended but the BBC has to think of the sensibilities of everybody watching.’

A BBC spokesman said: ‘Mark didn’t mean to cause offence. But the word “girl” was taken out just in case it did.’