Clarkson suspended by the BBC

[janie48 95]

He is a mate of his. He didn't however defend what he did. If you skimmed what the DM wrote, you may be forgiven for misunderstanding. Read the quotes. They are not supporting him.

The media has a habit of writing a story that they want to write and then putting in a few quotes - some true, some not - to give it credence and to bamboozle the uninterested or stupid.

Think about any situation you actually know about. Then read the media coverage of it. It is never accurate as to what happened and it is rarely true.[

 

 

798,451 supporters

 

and those against

24,255

Yes, well as on most issues, as usual I'm one of the minority.

[RonJeremy 10]

Yes, well as on most issues, as usual I'm one of the minority.

 

Is that cause you only skim over the issues?

[janie48 95]

Is that cause you only skim over the issues?

Could be.

[Waldo 96]

Yes, well as on most issues, as usual I'm one of the minority.

 

Me too.

 

Alarming how popular he is, given his ****-like nature. I guess one mans **** is another mans hero? No accounting for taste!

 

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This article (by Steve Coogan) I think sums up the situation, very well...

 

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/feb/05/top-gear-offensive-steve-coogan

 

Well worth a read.

[purdy 10]

Dealt with it. Quite frankly if a key talent and major production of the BBC hired my entire hotel and additional services at great costs I would make damn sure that I provided what they wanted and when they wanted a little inconvenience can be put up with.

 

So they were a little inconsiderate and allegedly acted inappropriately (against a producer BTW, not the hotel staff). Big deal! Stars have diva demands. Its certainly not the worst demands and behaviour that I have heard some celebs get up to.

 

You deal with things in the hospitality and transport industry and charge accordingly. It seems to me from what I have read that the hotel management sorted it out. What did or didn't happen between Clarkson and Producer is a totally separate issue.

 

Yes you would imagine booking the entire production team into a hotel for 3 days with use of the helipad that the hotel might have been willing to accomodate the needs of the guests. I suppose if those whose job it was to pass on those requirements didn't do that then they were not doing their jobs.

I doubt Beyonce arrives back at her hotel after a gig to be told the bar shut at misdnight or she can't come in because it is 2 am and it's the night porter's night off. .

[Phanerothyme 12]

"Adolf Clarkson, created by the Luftwaffe"

[Alcoblog 10]

Yes you would imagine booking the entire production team into a hotel for 3 days with use of the helipad that the hotel might have been willing to accomodate the needs of the guests. I suppose if those whose job it was to pass on those requirements didn't do that then they were not doing their jobs.

I doubt Beyonce arrives back at her hotel after a gig to be told the bar shut at misdnight or she can't come in because it is 2 am and it's the night porter's night off. .

 

I'm not quite sure I understand what you're saying here. Are you suggesting that Beyonce was meeting up with Jezza for a clandestine 'bit of driving tuition' at the hotel, or maybe just as 'A star in a reasonably priced car' (disguised as Gary Lineker)? That'll put a new slope on things either way.

[Mr Bloom 10]

Good heavens! Cameron, sticking his nose in, for his friend and fighting his corner before any investigation in to the incident and when the full facts of what Clarkson has done are still yet to emerge.

 

Same old, same old. Look after our friends first no matter what and to hell with anyone else.

[*_ash_* 88]

Good heavens! Cameron, sticking his nose in, for his friend and fighting his corner before any investigation in to the incident and when the full facts of what Clarkson has done are still yet to emerge.

 

Fancy sticking up for your mates! What kind of world do we live in!

 

Good heavens! Cameron, sticking his nose in, for his friend and fighting his corner before any investigation in to the incident and when the full facts of what Clarkson has done are still yet to emerge.

 

It's ok for 308 people to have their say in here though, and thousands also on other sites, and hundreds of thousands voting on some bizarre polls; all of whom don't know all the facts either?

 

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Same old, same old. Look after our friends first no matter what and to hell with anyone else.

 

[RonJeremy 10]

Good heavens! Cameron, sticking his nose in, for his friend and fighting his corner before any investigation in to the incident and when the full facts of what Clarkson has done are still yet to emerge.

 

Same old, same old. Look after our friends first no matter what and to hell with anyone else.

 

He was asked a question by a journalist. He answered concisely. He didn't support him. How obtuse can you be?

 

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815,415 supporters

[L00b 441]

798,451 supporters

 

and those against

24,255

Yes, well as on most issues, as usual I'm one of the minority.

Me too.

 

Alarming how popular he is, given his ****-like nature. I guess one mans **** is another mans hero? No accounting for taste!

You've both heard about that top 3rd percentile IQ theory, right? Welcome to the club

815,415 supporters

EDIT - sorry, 2.97th percentile

[Oh Carol 10]

Good heavens! Cameron, sticking his nose in, for his friend and fighting his corner before any investigation in to the incident and when the full facts of what Clarkson has done are still yet to emerge.

 

Same old, same old. Look after our friends first no matter what and to hell with anyone else.

Isn't that what friends are for?