11 November, 2008

BBC: hypocrisy

Sam Mason is, or rather was, a host on Radio Bristol. She made a call to a taxi company, not on air, asking them not to send an Asian to pick up her daughter. For this she has been sacked.

Jonathan Ross, who makes £6m a year, made a number of obscene and offensive 'phone calls to a septuagenarian, which did go out on air, as he and his co-host intended, and for this he has been suspended for 3 months.

The reason for the difference in the two cases is that for the bien pensant lefties who run the BBC, racism, even mild as in the case of Miss Mason, is the worst crime you can commit. They even feel able to interfere into a private matter between Miss Mason and the taxi company. For them Jonathan Ross' behaviour, even though almost certainly a criminal offence, is simply 'edgy'.

What are we going to do about these people? Will it be possible to change the BBC without breaking it up? I fear not.

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