What on earth is going on at the BBC. This week sees Jeremy Clarkson making offensive remarks about Lorry drivers. Its not so much the remarks that have been made that get me mad its the irresponsibility of overpaid presenters thinking that they are above any normal standards of decency. Top gear, in my opinion has always been borderline in its "laddish" behaviour and back in June of this year showed presenters drinking alcohol at the wheel. This is totally unacceptable and the latest remark is another example of these overpaid presenters simply showing off.
If anyone commands a premium salary then that must come with an acceptance of a public responsibility for their remarks and actions. When in breach of these the BBC or any other broadcaster must come down hard on them. Its not big and its not clever to flout standards of public morality on either TV or Radio just because your celebrity status, or your enormous salary affords you protection, no one is indispensable. Its not censoring the "edgy" comedy that we keep hearing about, or being too politically correct, its simply good manners. Something that seems to be sadly lacking in todays celebrity concious society.
Enough of this for now, I have said my piece, sadly I think its just a downward spiral from now on unless someone authoritative in broadcasting actually stands up and gets counted. It comes down to one thing - respect for others.
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1 comment:
Had a feeling you would have something to say on this subject. Although I would be the last person to defend Jeremy Clarkson, it's not only him who is at fault here. Did Top Gear's producer not have the common sense to remove the comments from the finished programme? In light of the current media frenzy about such comments, did that producer even refer it upwards, according to BBC practice, to his department head or the channel controller?
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