News Clarkson suspended
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I'll say again, it should have been contained, apologies all round, Clarkson buys him a Ferrari.
They man up and get over it, maybe even let Osmosis punch him in the head...god knows he's needed it for years...then keep the fun going for everyone, but it was Cohen and the rest of the slimeball management who got their way over the wishes of the very top.
They man up and get over it, maybe even let Osmosis punch him in the head...god knows he's needed it for years...then keep the fun going for everyone, but it was Cohen and the rest of the slimeball management who got their way over the wishes of the very top.
It was actually quite good this season. A definite improvement over the scripted dross that they passed off as entertainment for the past few seasons, anyway.
Hammond is and always will be unfunny though, and he tries FAR too hard.
Hammond is and always will be unfunny though, and he tries FAR too hard.
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I don't see what they could have done differently.
Clarkson assaulted someone, they suspended him, made an announcement, gathered evidence, sacked him (correctly).
They did this knowing that it was going to cost them Top Gear. They didn't want to - but they did the right thing.
I think the Beeb is getting a panning from the public when this is entirely Clarkson's fault for being a diva cunt.
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Two wrongs don't make a right.
In the light of all the recent revelations it's encumbent on the beeb to both do and be seen doing the correct thing.
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Clarkson bit the hand that fed him.
The beeb's not under threat at all from this. They'll recover.
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He's got millions in the bank. If he didn't want to he wouldn't have to work again. Even after his divorce.
However the 50m chunk of income the bbc get from the show is very significant towards their programming budget.
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So - should the BBC let someone who commits physical assault on innocent staff members continue work for them?
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It depends what they fear more. they seem to be uncertain with Alan yentob saying that clarkson will be welcome backe in the future. You see.
What's acceptable paedophiles or DJs on top of the pops.
Sexism or all male panelists.
It's capitalism vs talent tantrums. Think Christian bale still made batman after going batshit.
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So, it doesn't depend on what's correct and right, legally and morally?
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That's all just lawyer talk, in the real world, especially in entertainment based industries, shit happens and what goes on on tour stays on tour.
Clarkson slipped into the fame pit and has learned the hard way, but managing divas is part of the package and this was not the way it is done , the BBC have let the rules for the masses creep into the bizarre world of mass familiarity and it was done with an agenda based around the chattering classes of liberals who don't seem to have the world awareness to realise they are shouting at a pantomime baddie.
Clarkson slipped into the fame pit and has learned the hard way, but managing divas is part of the package and this was not the way it is done , the BBC have let the rules for the masses creep into the bizarre world of mass familiarity and it was done with an agenda based around the chattering classes of liberals who don't seem to have the world awareness to realise they are shouting at a pantomime baddie.
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Haven't watched this season so will have to take your word for it. The few episodes I have seen scattered around the last few seasons have been quite bland/done before compared to when I watched it many years ago.
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You haven't hurt my feelings at all. I just couldn't work out if you were serious or just poorly trolling. I know you lack empathy but the facts of the situation clearly show you that you're way wrong.
If money trumped everything clarkson would still be at the beeb. But he isn't.
It was a stupid thing to say and a horrendous opinion to hold if, indeed, you honestly believe it's right...
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Pantomime baddies don't actually assault people for real.
He's a baddie baddie, and rightly sacked.
This has fuck all to do with liberals and all to do with what's morally right. You're misplaced outrage is down to the fact that you can't distinguish between the on-screen pantomime baddie and the criminal act he performed off-screen...
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tbh the character he portrays on Top gear may be a bit of an arse but does not come across as someone that would actually assault someone
clearly he snapped and lost control and was sacked for it, nothing to do with "the chattering classes" (which sounds like something a factory owner from dickens might say btw
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It also seems a little convenient for him (tin foil hat on guys!) - He was coming to the end of his contract, this is one of the BBCs biggest money making shows, and ive not read anywhere there was any discussions going on about renewing the contracts (seems a bit odd, even as a part time monkey worker in a company my contract renewals talks begin months before the contract ends)
So if he was looking for a way out that wouldnt seem to Top Gear fans as a "sell out" to Sky or whatever, this incident that he then reported himself to the BBC might be a convenient way for both BBC and Clarkson to move on, for the BBC they can be seen as being tough on a star after all the fallout from the pedo covers up and all the other shit they let their big boys get away with
So they get rid of a divisive figure who might have left anyway, and for Clarkson he can walk away knowing his die hard fans blame the guy he punched and the "chattering classes" at the BBC.
clearly he snapped and lost control and was sacked for it, nothing to do with "the chattering classes" (which sounds like something a factory owner from dickens might say btw
)It also seems a little convenient for him (tin foil hat on guys!) - He was coming to the end of his contract, this is one of the BBCs biggest money making shows, and ive not read anywhere there was any discussions going on about renewing the contracts (seems a bit odd, even as a part time monkey worker in a company my contract renewals talks begin months before the contract ends)
So if he was looking for a way out that wouldnt seem to Top Gear fans as a "sell out" to Sky or whatever, this incident that he then reported himself to the BBC might be a convenient way for both BBC and Clarkson to move on, for the BBC they can be seen as being tough on a star after all the fallout from the pedo covers up and all the other shit they let their big boys get away with
So they get rid of a divisive figure who might have left anyway, and for Clarkson he can walk away knowing his die hard fans blame the guy he punched and the "chattering classes" at the BBC.
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Punching someone you know well during a heated argument in front of people while stressed out does not count as criminal in my book when the person doesn't go to the police.
If that's so then half the teenage lads in this country should have a criminal record.
If that's so then half the teenage lads in this country should have a criminal record.