Simon Jordan admits he would have sacked Gary Lineker's colleagues over BBC boycott
Simon Jordan would have axed all those who refused to work for the BBC over the weekend following the Gary Lineker row. last weekend as pundits walked out in ‘solidarity’ with Lineker.Advertisement
“I look at the new generation of broadcasters coming in, because this legacy and the idea that people get jobs for 30 years, and keep them forever is some sort of misnomer.” “If his contract does stop him from doing it, then he can always choose other platforms where he can air his views. If it doesn’t stop him from doing it, then what was all this about at the beginning of the week?
“If you think that somebody who has nine million followers, that does have influence, not over me, I wouldn’t choose a packet of crisp that Gary Lineker had for most of the week gone by. Jordan also believes that nobody has come out on top from this battle and it will harm both parties in the long run.He continued: “Now, I am no advocate of the BBC, but in 2020 when [the corporation’s director-general] Tim Davie comes in to be able to sophisticates the processes around impartiality, if he has not done it properly, which you would seem is the case here, then the bottom line is, they need to tidy up.
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