{"id":562130,"date":"2023-03-11T00:35:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T21:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bbc-pulls-gary-lineker-as-tv-soccer-host-over-u-k-refugee-policy-criticism\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T00:35:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T21:35:10","slug":"bbc-pulls-gary-lineker-as-tv-soccer-host-over-u-k-refugee-policy-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bbc-pulls-gary-lineker-as-tv-soccer-host-over-u-k-refugee-policy-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"#BBC Pulls Gary Lineker as TV Soccer Host Over U.K. Refugee Policy Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22f70d010bd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22f70d010bd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bbc-pulls-gary-lineker-as-tv-soccer-host-over-u-k-refugee-policy-criticism\/#BBC_Pulls_Gary_Lineker_as_TV_Soccer_Host_Over_UK_Refugee_Policy_Criticism\" >BBC Pulls Gary Lineker as TV Soccer Host Over U.K. Refugee Policy Criticism<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BBC_Pulls_Gary_Lineker_as_TV_Soccer_Host_Over_UK_Refugee_Policy_Criticism\"><\/span>BBC Pulls Gary Lineker as TV Soccer Host Over U.K. Refugee Policy Criticism<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Gary Lineker, the BBC\u2019s highest-paid TV presenter, has been pulled from presenting <em>Match of the Day <\/em>after taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> to criticize the U.K. government\u2019s new refugee asylum policy earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Lineker will remain off air until he and the BBC negotiate how the high-profile TV soccer host can use his social media account without breaking the public broadcaster\u2019s journalism impartiality code. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cThe BBC has been in extensive discussions with Gary and his team in recent days,\u201d a spokesperson for the U.K. broadcaster said in a statement on Friday. \u201cWe have said that we consider his recent social media activity to be a breach of our guidelines.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The pubcaster added, \u201cThe BBC has decided that he [Lineker] will step back from presenting \u2018Match of the Day\u2019 until we\u2019ve got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    On Tuesday, after the U.K. government unveiled plans to bar refugees from entering the country illegally \u2014 and mainly by crossing the English channels in small boats via people smuggler rings \u2014 Lineker on his Twitter account branded the proposed legislation an \u201cimmeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the \u201930s.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Lineker had no direct comment on Friday about his forced absence from this weekend\u2019s hosting role, but on Thursday on Twitter said he looked forward to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing on the BBC this weekend. \u201cWell, it\u2019s been an interesting couple of days. Happy that this ridiculously out of proportion story seems to be abating and very much looking forward to presenting @BBCMOTD on Saturday. Thanks again for all your incredible support. It\u2019s been overwhelming,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryLineker\/status\/1633835628898160642\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryLineker\/status\/1633835628898160642\">he tweeted<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The former pro soccer player and TV host in the past has defended his social media comments on grounds that he\u2019s a freelancer and not employed by the BBC directly. The BBC in its statement defended Lineker as \u201csecond to none\u201d in leading the broadcaster\u2019s soccer and sports coverage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    But the pubcaster has judged his criticism of the U.K. government to have breached its strict social media impartiality rules. \u201cWe have never said that Gary should be an opinion-free zone or that he can\u2019t have a view on issues that matter to him, but we have said that he should keep well away from taking sides on party political issues or political controversies,\u201d the BBC said in its statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Fellow <em>Match of the Day <\/em>pundits, including Alan Shearer and Ian Wright, who are also former soccer players, said they too will not be appearing on the scheduled Saturday TV show out of solidarity with Lineker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cEverybody knows what <em>Match of the Day<\/em> means to me, but I\u2019ve told the BBC I won\u2019t be doing it tomorrow,\u201d Wright <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanWright0\/status\/1634243318723821576\">said on his Twitter <\/a>account in support of Lineker, who has housed refugees in his home, has hosted <em>Match of the Day<\/em> since 1999. \u201cSolidarity.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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