Episode 2586: That Didn’t Take Long
Gary Lineker’s brief exile from Match of the Day has ended in an apologetic climbdown by the BBC director general Tim Davie, after the immediate support shown by his colleagues in BBC Sport checkmated the broadcaster.
We talk today about aspects of the affair. Was the tweet that got Lineker in trouble really so outrageous? And what does the BBC’s commitment to impartiality mean in a media landscape where nobody believes in anyone else’s impartiality?
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We chat to Stuart Barnes and Shane Horgan about the invention, versatility and deep confidence this side displays, and we ask if there is any way England, who got dismembered by France, can pull things around in a week.https://t.co/aEHuLefJKQ pic.twitter.com/kDlBthaRAr
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