Jeremy Clarkson suspended from BBC
- Thread starter bloodkil
- Start date
- Status
To my shame I have done it....I ripped a junior member of staff to pieces in front of colleagues and others when I blamed him for messing up 72 hours worth of scans I had been working on once....it turned out it wasn't even his fault, it was mine.
I apologised and that was the end of it. I've also been on the receiving end...I expect most of us ha e or will be at one time or another.
It's all a bit mad if what was witnessed is it.
Associate
The witch hunt against the guy has been pathetic.
I'm not defending him, he is a massive ****, but people have just jumped to conclusions saying he has hit someone and must be sacked instantly.
All he did was go full Christian Bale on someone and while its not excusable I can kind of understand having a long day and looking forward to relaxing with a nice hot meal only to be told the chef has gone home, sorry.
I hope he tells the BBC to jog on and gets out of his contract, I can imagine Hammond and May will go with him to a channel that will throw money at him to make a version of Top Gear.
I'm not defending him, he is a massive ****, but people have just jumped to conclusions saying he has hit someone and must be sacked instantly.
All he did was go full Christian Bale on someone and while its not excusable I can kind of understand having a long day and looking forward to relaxing with a nice hot meal only to be told the chef has gone home, sorry.
I hope he tells the BBC to jog on and gets out of his contract, I can imagine Hammond and May will go with him to a channel that will throw money at him to make a version of Top Gear.
I doubt it covers their decision not to broadcast as the incident was not directly related to those broadcasts. If he had done someone on camera that meant the film could not be broadcast for some reason then perhaps, but the BBC made the decision to halt the filming, Clarkson did not and remained available to film.
The issue would be if the contract he has with the BBC (remember he is not an employee) somehow makes him liable for their decisions to broadcast, which I cannot reasonably see him ever agreeing to.
More likely they are insured against any loss independently through a third party , not that Clarkson is personally liable.
Associate
What makes you think the BBC arent doing anything? They dont have to announce daily updates to the public.
Clarkson has already had two warnings.... If its true he punched a producer then he needs to go.
I bet the people who are banging on about keeping Clarkson in are the same people droning on about equality in the country......
Their contracts expire at the end of this month, conveniently.
Clarkson has been sent a letter summoning him to a disciplinary hearing. Lord Hall of Birkenhead, the BBC director-general, indicated yesterday that the presenter will come face to face with Mr Tymon during the inquiry. It is being overseen by Ken MacQuarrie, the BBC executive who handled the inquiry into a Newsnight investigation that falsely accused a Conservative peer of a child abuse scandal.
Lord Hall said: “We have to get the organisations who would be financially impacted by this together. There is a lot of speculation. We have got to establish the facts of how much we would lose, and I intend to do that before we come to a final decision.”
Probably the opposite if anything
.It appears there wasn't any physical violence at least according to the latest update merely strong words.
So he wants to establish the facts BEFORE coming to a final decision? No **** Shirlock. That's what you normally do before coming to a decision.
Well, he actually says "We have got to establish the facts of how much we would lose [financially]" Not "We have to establish the facts of what happened..."
Man of Honour
He didnt say that, I just edited an earlier post
Don't worry it will be quoted on news sites within the next few hours.
He didnt say that
Lol I thought it was a real quote as well
.He didnt say that
Haha! I did think it was a strange thing to say....probably more accurate though
Associate
Yeah because enjoying Top Gear means you are a racist, hush now child.
Don't worry it will be quoted on news sites within the next few hours.
Probably, as it usually takes google 0.000001s to index OCUk posts!
Just imagine how you'd react if you were denied your GAINZ food after an especially brutal lifting session.
You'd end up on Jeremy Kyle giving the classic "they told me there wasn't any gainz food, then everything went black and when I woke up they were all crying and covered in blood".
That's insulting to children.
- Status