{"id":122195,"date":"2023-12-16T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=122195"},"modified":"2023-12-16T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:39:23","slug":"bbc-fury-at-gary-lineker-as-pundit-is-branded-tucker-carlson-of-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/bbc-fury-at-gary-lineker-as-pundit-is-branded-tucker-carlson-of-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC fury at Gary Lineker as pundit is branded Tucker Carlson of the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Left wing Gary Lineker has been slammed by a colleague who said he\u2019s the \u201cTucker Carlson of the UK\u201d and that BBC staff are \u201csick\u201d of the presenter\u2019s behaviour.<\/p>\n

Furious BBC colleagues expressed their anger at Match of the Day host Lineker, 63, who taunted Grant Shapps and offered to help Tory MP Lee Anderson get a job with Walker’s Crisps.<\/p>\n

Tucker Carlson is a right-wing US broadcaster known for his controversial views, particularly surrounding immigration and politics, and was sacked by Fox in the aftermath of the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit after they sued the broadcaster for $1.6billion for pushing President Trump’s election fraud claims.<\/p>\n

One BBC presenter said told The Times: “People are sick of it.”<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe doesn’t care that the BBC has more important things to deal with. Personal brands count for so much more now. He’s the Tucker Carlson of the UK. Both are making money out of the gullible.”<\/p>\n

Another BBC insider said: \u201cHe had the freedom to express his passionately held views. All he was asked was not to attack other people \u2014 not least those who have been elected to express their opinions. He is tweaking the tail all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

They added that \u201cpeople are frustrated\u201d and saying it\u2019s making the organisation \u201clook daft\u201d.<\/p>\n

Lineker shared a collage of four images of Mr Shapps all captioned with a different name on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n

It came after Defence Secretary Shapps questioned whether the BBC star should be expressing political views.<\/p>\n

Former England striker Lineker also hit out at Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis, who accused Lineker of breaching the BBC’s impartiality rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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