Calls For Danny Baker To Be Sacked.

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7009283/BBC-Radio-5-Live-host-Danny-Baker-tweets-racist-Royal-Baby-monkey-image.html

/// Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased. ///

/// 'Soon as those good enough to point out it's possible connotations got in touch, down it came. And that's it. ///

Why did he need for this obvious racist insult to be pointed out to him?

[MWG14]

He's been sacked, thank goodness. What a disgusting man.

[maggiebee]

//The difference is, Danny Baker is an intelligent humorous person who has misjudged something//
Really? I think the man is a total plonker and not in the least bit funny.

[Prudie]

While we're being picky a chimp is not a monkey. Incredibly daft, one of the few times I can really see the racism - but sackable? Probably not. It will hang over him forever mind you.

[spathiphyllum]

Prudie, referring him to an ape is probably worse than a monkey.

[agchristie]

Radio5 Live have just fired him!

[spathiphyllum]

What a silly BA. You have every right to pick it, but i have every right to express how petty i find it. 10:27 deserves BA. It's actually relevant to the topic not your ideologies on political figures.

[naomi24]

That's it spath. You stick up for your rights! :o)

[anneasquith]

Sacked for a real stupid tweet, ye God’s .

[spathiphyllum]

Considering people are fired due to tweets that happened over ten years ago, i think his departure from radio 5 is wholly appropriate.

[anotheoldgit]

spathiphyllum

/// What a silly BA. ///

It is not for you to question my choice, and for your information when I picked naomi24's 10:03 post as the Best Answer the 10:27 one had not been posted.

[anotheoldgit]

Having read some ABer's posts, it is apparent how hypercritical some can be.

[spathiphyllum]

"It is not for you to question my choice"

I'd say it is actually. Any ABer has the right to question the BA of a thread. It's completely at your discretion what the BA is, but that doesn't mean it can't be questioned and then discussed.

"the 10:27 one had not been posted." That's completely fair enough.

Regarding the hypocritical attitude, I think hypocrisy in some cases is justified. However, there hasn't been a situation where we can compare this racist incident to another. So i'm unsure how people can be hypocritical?

Where is the hypocrisy? This incident isn't comparable to TR or DT.

[spathiphyllum]

And if it is.. he's been fired, so should TR and DT receive some kind of reckoning?

[andy-hughes]

AyBeCe - // // Danny Baker is an intelligent humorous person who has misjudged something //

Many would question that statement. I've only ever seen him on scripted quiz shows & like Danny Dyer he hangs on his 'geezer' East End roots. Not a funny man in my opinion … //

As you advise, your opinion, and opinions differ, so we can agree to disagree there.

// … and if he's that intelligent he should have realised the connotations of posting that picture. //

Sadly, intelligence doesn't make anyone immune from stupid ill-considered actions, and as we all know, social media is a singularly unforgiving place. A generation ago, he would maybe have shown that picture to a few people in the pub, and it would be forgotten - now it could haunt him for years to come.

// we can only imagine the backlash had Farage or Robinson posted it....... //

But the didn't, so that is a pointless sidetrack we can avoid going down I am sure you will agree, it's theoretical, pointless, and gets threads taken off track, so best we don't pursue that I think.

[andy-hughes]

AOG - // Having read some ABer's posts, it is apparent how hypercritical some can be. //

Do you mean hyper-critical, or hypocritical - depending on which will depend on who responds and with what.

Thanks.

[maggiebee]

And he's gone!
https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/bbc-sack-danny-baker-for-racist-tweet-about-royal-baby/?fbclid=IwAR2EtPPEQk83BjjNFORX-eKo4NuLaUp-ueP5OEmJk5SZl72CIKbqGjxGCn0

[naomi24]

agchristie said that half an hour ago, maggiebee.

I echo others. He's a plonker.

[Sqad]

I don't know the guy but if, as it seems, he is a recognisable figure in the public eye, then that posting was stupid blood STUPID.....
As for a sacking offence.......I don't think so.
Hanging.....YES.

[andy-hughes]

spath - // Considering people are fired due to tweets that happened over ten years ago, i think his departure from radio 5 is wholly appropriate. //

It take the opposing view - sacking people for tweets ten years ago is not appropriate, and neither was sacking Danny Baker today.

[spathiphyllum]

Looks like he's taken it well... Not


https://twitter.com/prodnose/status/1126425849631318018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1126425849631318018&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eveningtelegraph.co.uk%2Ffp%2Fbbc-sack-danny-baker-for-racist-tweet-about-royal-baby%2F