I'm not sure if this is part of the anti immigration/brexit campaign or not, but it certainly caused me to cancel my previous idea/fantasy of living in the UK, so good job there!
"In English tort law, a super-injunction is a type of injunction that prevents publication of information that is in issue and also prevents the reporting of the fact that the injunction exists at all."
The BBC suspended Gary Lineker for a couple of day's. They were massively criticisdd and he is back on air now.
The sports presenter's comments raised questions on impartiality rules.
You can have any opinion you like, but if you're getting a large wage from an institution funded by the taxpayer, you can't use the platform like your own personal soapbox.
It was a clear case of goverment interference using the impartiality rules, only the conversation around impartiality went right above Gary to the powers that be immediately after his removal which is why he is back.
The BBC's impartiality rules cover this.
> Personal Activity
> Expressions of Opinion on Social Media
> Where individuals identify themselves as being linked with the BBC, or are programme makers, editorial staff, reporters or presenters primarily associated with the BBC, their activities on social media have the potential to compromise the BBC’s impartiality and to damage its reputation.
> Our audiences must be able to trust the integrity of BBC programmes and services and be confident that the outside activities of our presenters, programme makers and other staff do not undermine the BBC's impartiality or reputation or that their editorial decisions are not perceived to be influenced by any commercial or personal interests.
> They should not:
> state or reveal publicly how they vote or express support for any political party
> express a view for or against any policy which is a matter of current party political debate
> This guidance note is intended to help BBC staff operate appropriately in every aspect of their activities on social media
He isn't BBC staff.
That's not a fait accompli, and is why this situation arose:
> Do the policies apply to Lineker? The answer is yes. The policies apply to everyone who works for the BBC.
https://www.russells.co.uk/own-goal-for-bbc-with-gary-lineke...
> “I think there’s quite a lot of confusion about the extent to which the impartiality guidelines extend outside of news and extend to freelancers rather than staff, and until that’s cleared up we’re going to go on having these kinds of (problems).”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gary-lineker-bbc-confu...
The public face of the BBC is not affected by whether or not the person is a permanent employee, but rather how prominent that person is in the organisation. It's disingenuous to suggest otherwise.
This BBC is not funded by taxation. It's funded by a subscription paid by owners of TV reception equipment. Some people who pay the licence fee also pay taxes, but some don't.
> you can't use the platform like your own personal soapbox.
Lineker didn't express his opinion on the BBC's platform. He used his personal account on Twitter, which is clearly separate from the BBC.
Whether licence-fee payers expect BBC sports presenters to refrain from expressing political opinions outside of their work for the BBC is debatable - as far as I know, nobody has consulted them in a systematic way.
Netflix is funded by a subscription paid by owners of TV reception equipment.
The BBC is funded by a mandatory licence, i.e. a tax.
> Lineker didn't express his opinion on the BBC's platform. He used his personal account on Twitter, which is clearly separate from the BBC
Not according to the policy that Lineker agreed to, in order to work at the BBC.
> Personal Activity
> Disclaimers written in biographies such as ‘my views not the BBC’s’ provide no defence against personal expressions of opinion on social media that may conflict with BBC guidelines.
> They should not:
> express support for any political party express a view for or against any policy which is a matter of current party political debate
https://www.bbc.com/editorialguidelines/guidance/social-medi...
Football commentators are not such individuals.
> There are also others who are not journalists or involved in factual programming who nevertheless have an additional responsibility to the BBC because of their profile on the BBC. We expect these individuals to avoid taking sides on party political issues or political controversies and to take care when addressing public policy matters.
Having such a public face of the BBC hyperbolically compare government policy to those of the Nazis in 1930s Germany is inappropriate.
It's due to policies on the left, and the integration of those policies into institutions that should be neutral, such as the police force, as detailed by https://freespeechunion.org/
If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
Used to frequent these forums.