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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRacists will be racists-BBC fires Baker
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48212693<snip>
roadcaster Danny Baker has been fired by the BBC over his "stupid unthinking gag" on Twitter about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's new baby.
Danny Baker
@prodnose
Just got fired from @bbc5live.
For the record - it was red sauce. Always.
The now deleted tweet, which has been circulated on social media, showed an image of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the caption: "Royal Baby leaves hospital".
The 5 Live presenter was accused of mocking the duchess's racial heritage.
A BBC spokesperson said: "This was a serious error of judgement."
The 61-year-old presented a weekend show on the network.
The corporation added Baker's tweet "goes against the values we as a station aim to embody.
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Racists will be racists-BBC fires Baker (Original Post)
malaise
May 2019
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Afromania
(2,768 posts)1. Enough to make you want to hate somebody.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)2. I didn't see it but I heard BBC had a very controversial interview with Diane Abbott
thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)3. He says they "Literally threw me under the bus."
I'd fire a BBC broadcaster just for not knowing the meaning of the word "literally."
samnsara
(17,622 posts)4. didnt their mothers teach them any better?
malaise
(268,949 posts)5. It's like breathing for these racists
Jut comes naturally.
Let's be clear -BBC is racist but even BBC will draw the line for their royals.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)6. Hack racist, enjoy unemployment bud