The BBC is facing an escalating crisis over its suspension of former England striker and Match of the Day host Gary Lineker for comments criticising the language used in relation to the British government’s proposed asylum laws
for comments criticising the language used in relation to the British government’s proposed asylum laws.
After a slew of Lineker’s colleagues announced they wouldn’t appear on the show without him, the BBC saidThere will not be any post-match player interviews, either.
The controversy began with a tweet on Tuesday from Lineker’s account — which has 8.7 million followers — describing the government’s plan to detain and deport migrants arriving by boat as “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s.”
The 100-year-old BBC, which is funded by a license fee paid by all households with a television, has a duty to be impartial in its news coverage, and BBC news staff are barred from expressing political opinions.
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