BBC urged to ‘get a grip’ as outraged viewers lodge complaints over Gary Lineker coverage

BBC urged to ‘get a grip’ as outraged viewers lodge complaints over Gary Lineker coverage

“And while the rights or the wrongs of a sports presenter’s social media activity don’t fall into the territory of a program called News Watch, the priority given to discussing it on news outlets certainly does.

“Again this week, we had complaints after BBC One’s evening bulletins led on the story last Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the News at One did so on Monday.”

A brief compilation of the aforementioned bulletins then played out to demonstrate the vast coverage.

As the programme returned to Samira in the studio, she continued: “All of that prompted Jacquie Douglas to email on Saturday.

Published at Sat, 18 Mar 2023 09:02:00 +0000