Ian Wright, Alan Shearer e Micah Richards they announced that they will not participate in today's episode of Match of the Day, the transmission of the with the BBC of which the three former footballers are commentators, in solidarity with Gary Lineker, suspended for a tweet in which he had brought his grip on migrants of the Tory government to the Nazi Germany.
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Lineker suspended by BBC after tweet controversy
The former England international and Leicester, Everton, Barcelona e Tottenham will be able to resume service only after the with the BBC will have established the rules for the use of social media by its highest-paid sports commentator who earns one and a half million euros a year.
The answers: “A scapegoat to hide failures”
The 62-year-old former captain of the Three Lions has been forced to stop following pressure from the executive Altar, has been criticised by sportspeople and politicians as an attack on freedom of expression. For the Scottish Prime Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, the issuer “always seems to give in to political pressure from the right.”
For the Labour spokeswoman Yvette Cooper the government is looking for “a scapegoat to hide one's failures”. And the TV presenter Piers Morgan he complained that “Now in Britain you can be fired for expressing an opinion”
Article published on March 11, 2023 - 11pm
