BBC Issue apology over Ross/Brand 'Prank'

this is just a great story for people that dont like brand and ross to jump on.

People that have taken what they said seriously are idiots, the people that have pushed this story to the top are idiots.

Freedom of speech, does that mean anything. Comedians have said worse things about higher profile people and haven't been hounded and hung out to dry like these 2 have.

I wouldn't of even apologised like Russell brand did tbh.

24hr news and scathing media make things rot. I'm surprised no one has blamed any muslims for any of this
 
lemonkettaz said:
this is just a great story for people that dont like brand and ross to jump on.

People that have taken what they said seriously are idiots, the people that have pushed this story to the top are idiots.

Freedom of speech, does that mean anything. Comedians have said worse things about higher profile people and haven't been hounded and hung out to dry like these 2 have.

I wouldn't of even apologised like Russell brand did tbh.

24hr news and scathing media make things rot. I'm surprised no one has blamed any muslims for any of this
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Well said! The annoying thing is The Daily Mail has been successful! My fear is they won't be happy and will hound Ross on his return...
 
I just don't understand the people that absorb everything these papers say as fact and form it as their own opinion without regard...

lethal control of a population this media we have
 
lemonkettaz said:
I just don't understand the people that absorb everything these papers say as fact and form it as their own opinion without regard...

lethal control of a population this media we have
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Do you remember Mrs Mangle in Neighbours many many years ago? Her character wasn't very nice. Anyway, the actress left the show in the end because of all the grief she got in real life from people having a go at her...

A lot of people are VERY stupid!
 
Daily Mail commenter said:
Let's hope everyone has had their pound of flesh and we can all concentrate on the more important issues affecting our lives.
Although Brand and Ross overstepped the mark and BBC editors had a serious error of judgement, what has really surprised me in the last couple of days are how the general public readily jump on any moral bandwagon for no other reason that they have access to the internet and a sense of media led, political correctness influenced moral outrage.
I mean really!! 5 complaints until the press picked up on it tells its own story. No wonder Brown and the government don't see us as fit to make our own decisions affecting our lives. The general public simply can't be trusted. It actually reminds me of the crowd type mentality used to great effect in episodes of the simpsons.
Elsewhere in the news, even outside the current slide into recession , there was a parade welcoming home our brave boys in the paras. How about 25,000 messages of thanks for them? Thought not.

- Paul, uk, 30/10/2008 23:44
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There are some reasonable people posting there, though my comment seems to have been rejected.
 
more than 15,000 people have signed up to a Facebook group supporting Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, which has a protest planned for tomorrow outside the Daily Mail's London offices.

Fans of the pair are planning a demonstrate outside the Mail's Derry Street HQ in Kensington at noon, followed by one outside BBC offices in the capital.

Called Support Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, Facebook group has swollen its membership in recent days as Brand resigned from his Radio 2 show and Ross was suspended without pay from all BBC TV and radio services for three months.

The 15,609 supporters who have joined the Facebook group compares with the 34,690 who complained to the BBC about the show following the Mail on Sunday's story on October 26.

Only two people complained after the show was broadcast on October 18.

The Support Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross group is also presenting a petition signed by almost 4,000 people.

"We, the undersigned call on the BBC to turn blame on the Andrew Sachs incident away from Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross as it was only intended as a joke," the petition states.

"We also wish that Jonathan Ross's and Russell Brand's careers will continue just as before this started."

There was also support today for Brand from campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Despite angry calls and emails to Peta headquarters suggesting it replace Brand on the cover of the latest edition of the organisation's vegetarian starter kit, the animal rights organization has refused.

PETA director Robbie LeBlanc says that the organisation will stand by Russell: "The cover will have him on it because Mr Sachs, who is also a PETA supporter, has accepted Mr Brand's apology, and that's good enough for us."

Yesterday supporters of Brand and Ross protested outside the BBC Television Centre in west London.
 
the shadow said:
more than 15,000 people have signed up to a Facebook group supporting Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, which has a protest planned for tomorrow outside the Daily Mail's London offices.

Fans of the pair are planning a demonstrate outside the Mail's Derry Street HQ in Kensington at noon, followed by one outside BBC offices in the capital.

Called Support Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, Facebook group has swollen its membership in recent days as Brand resigned from his Radio 2 show and Ross was suspended without pay from all BBC TV and radio services for three months.

The 15,609 supporters who have joined the Facebook group compares with the 34,690 who complained to the BBC about the show following the Mail on Sunday's story on October 26.

Only two people complained after the show was broadcast on October 18.

The Support Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross group is also presenting a petition signed by almost 4,000 people.

"We, the undersigned call on the BBC to turn blame on the Andrew Sachs incident away from Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross as it was only intended as a joke," the petition states.

"We also wish that Jonathan Ross's and Russell Brand's careers will continue just as before this started."

There was also support today for Brand from campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Despite angry calls and emails to Peta headquarters suggesting it replace Brand on the cover of the latest edition of the organisation's vegetarian starter kit, the animal rights organization has refused.

PETA director Robbie LeBlanc says that the organisation will stand by Russell: "The cover will have him on it because Mr Sachs, who is also a PETA supporter, has accepted Mr Brand's apology, and that's good enough for us."

Yesterday supporters of Brand and Ross protested outside the BBC Television Centre in west London.
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Linkage? I'll join!
 
Joining a facebook group is as sad as the 30,000 complainers IMO.

I mean come on what they did was wrong and even they admit it.

So you would be defending people that have admitted guilt!
 
skippi90 said:
I actually laughed at a lot of the broadcast as I have with every show he has done on Radio 2.

I have all of the podcasts on my PC.
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Brand doesn't care..he's flew off to the US to film with Helen Mirren! :p Seems like his resignation was timed to perfection :D

Why support someone who doesn't care lol
 
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