UK press watchdog IPSO says 10,000 complaints against Clarkson are filed there, but itv boss Kevin Lygo -- despite calling the sitch "awful" -- said his "Millionaire" job is safe... "at the moment"... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64046956 (link) B
On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 9:41:15 PM UTC-5 PGage wrote: > I barely know who he is (I did try to watch Top Gear for a few episodes > several years ago and could not get what all the fuss was about. > > But not sure I buy the Rickles analogy. It’s one thing to make watermelon > jokes about Sammy Davis Jr; but I don’t recall Don ever going on a rant > about, say, how much he hated Diahann Carroll when she was the first Black > woman to Star in her own sitcom, and talk about how much he would like to > see her get raped repeatedly like so many racists threatened to actually do > to her in the hate mail she received. > > > On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 at 3:32 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not going to defend Clarkson, but his entire career is built upon >> antagonistic hyperbole. That’s his gimmick… to be bombastic and rude. It’s >> the Don Rickles concept expanded to include op-eds and motor-sports. He >> says things deliberately to get a reaction, then gladly smiles and issues >> empty apologies. He’s done this for decades. People keep giving him forums >> to do it. And people keep reacting shocked when he does it, as if they were >> expecting him to not do what he’s done for decades. >> >> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 2:57 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wow. As is often the case, the half-assed apology is nearly as bad as >>> the original comment (only nearly because, Holy Cow the original comment >>> was so bad. Even in the context of the show, and how horrible a character >>> she was, that scene still felt difficult to watch). >>> >>> I don’t care that much about any branch of the British Royal Family, but >>> to have and express this much focused and intense violent, sadistic hatred >>> for someone who at worst is a B cable television actress literally has no >>> other possible explanation than that the speaker is a monstrous >>> misogynistic racist. An apology that basically takes the form of “I’m sorry >>> I used Game of Thrones to express my racist misogyny” does more to confirm >>> than excuse the character of the man who uttered it. >>> >>> Plus, I really like Nicola Sturgeon… >>> >>> On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 at 2:01 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> In a Friday column in Britain's *Sun* paper, he suggested that Prince >>>> Harry's "control" has been lost thanks to his spouse... the kicker was a >>>> stinky *Game of Thrones* reference... even his daughter distanced >>>> herself from the commentary... no comment from his TV employer Amazon... >>>> >>>> https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jeremy-clarkson-meghan-markle-statement-1235465037/ >>>> (link) >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b535f5b-f478-47a8-9ad2-4a73b567f0cen%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b535f5b-f478-47a8-9ad2-4a73b567f0cen%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKd%3DwrDhCmnF0-hY2VfRaP-5mpsDOFDrrN0Px9yF9WVgg%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKd%3DwrDhCmnF0-hY2VfRaP-5mpsDOFDrrN0Px9yF9WVgg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DDzoxUmr%3Dpv%2B%2BdMyBXNN6Ped%2BdyCX8m5-gev4ADhNv4g%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DDzoxUmr%3Dpv%2B%2BdMyBXNN6Ped%2BdyCX8m5-gev4ADhNv4g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8a95969d-d333-4193-b237-5c440d72c1bcn%40googlegroups.com.
