Should Adrian Chiles be sacked from bringing the BBC into disrepute?

[Oneeyedvic]

Carol Thatcher made a comment yesterday off camera though while still at work. If a person took offence at that, then fair enough, there is a grievance procedure to follow.

However someone (and I presume this to be Chiles though concede it may be someone else) has made this story public.

There is absolutely no reason for this - and it again brings the BBC into the forefront in a bad way.

Should the person responsible for making this public be disciplined?

[Ethel]

You don't know who it was - Chiles and Jo Brand were in the room and challenged her about it, the rest of the production team got to hear about it.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga looks nothing like a golliwog, by the way

[Oneeyedvic]

You don't know who it was - agreed which is why I said both and I presume this to be Chiles though concede it may be someone else) and Should the person responsible for making this public be disciplined?

The point remains though - Should the person responsible for making this public be disciplined?

[PeasAndRice]

i think id should get a refund on my licence....

[Ethel]

The BBC will never know who it was - somebody got paid by a newspaper for telling the story.

[Rosetta]

It does show the double standards within the BBC, one of their overpaid stars is allowed to get away with outrageous behaviour on air while lesser mortals get sacked for a comment off camera,( though I dont condone what she said)

[sp1814]

So it was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Is that confirmed?

If so, I have to ask people...does he really look like a g0******:

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga = http://blogs.abc.net.au/photos/tennis_australi an_open/tsonga.jpg

A g0****** = http://www.golliwogg.co.uk/images/dolls/golliw ogg-1880.jpg

I could understand it if Thatcher had said he looks like Mohammed Ali, but a g0******??? Was she high?

[Beatrice35]

Carol Thatcher needs sacking- she made the reckless + deeply offensive comment about this French tennis player who looks just like himself- beautiful :-). Have made a post on Society and Culture- People about this matter- please feel free to comment there on my post.

Hugs, Bea

[sp1814]

But was it definitely him?

The irony is (if it was him) is that he's a very good looking chap who looks nothing like a g0lliw0g. And the person who said it was...Carol Thatcher who looks like a man in drag!!!

Glass houses love, glass houses.

[Gromit]

You appear to be making an assumption of where the leak came from. However, in a statement, the BBC has said

"There were a number of complaints from people in the room about this particular remark, it did cause offence. A number of people were quite taken aback by the language."

Whoever said, passing on the words of a private conversation, though not nice is not against any rules. It was the golliwog comment that brought the BBC into disrepute, not the messenger.

[Beatrice35]

sp1814- Love your humorous comment :-) How true!! Bless you ;-) You are a star!! Hugs, Bea :-)

[LoftyLottie2]

Carol Thatcher should disappear altogether. What does she offer TV! If she wasn't the daughter of Maggie, she wouldn't be offered work anyway.

LOL at SP. How right you are.

[1ARMEDBANDIT]

In my opinion what Jonathan Ross said about Andrew Sachs was more insulting, yet he kept his job!

[1ARMEDBANDIT]

I meant to say "what Ross said about Andrew Sachs` Grand-daughter.

[craft1948]

Do you think she meant Gael Monfils

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42032000 /jpg/_42032166_monfils416.jpg

[Supernick]

1Armedbandit - Ross was suspended for 6 months. Thatcher's been banned from one programme, not the BBC. She could be back on TV tomorrow. I'd say she got off lighter.

The leak could be from anywhere. I bet hundreds of people at the Beeb knew within hours. If someone said something racist in our office in front of people, everyone would know pretty quickly. In fact, when a member of our senior management team made a series of Bernard Manning style black and asian jokes in earshot of several members of the company, he was disciplined. Everybody knew.

[sp1814]

1ARMEDBANDIT

Bit different. Ms Thatcher is an occasional guest on The One Show. She's not a permanent present.

Jonathan Ross was suspended without pay. This means he was effectively 'fined' �1.5million. I think his punishment was substantially greater than Carol's.

Which I think is correct, because his actions were very incredibly stupid.

Weird how both Thatcher, Ross and Brand - all supposedly professional broadcasters can be so heroically dim!

[sp1814]

"she's not a permanent presenter

[brionon]

But as a permanent presenter,presumably Alliterative ?

[shomer42]

I do admit to being a racist but her comment was not one that I would make because it does cause offence. She may not have meant it to cause offence but even I find it offensive and she should be asked not to speak in that way, but she should not be fired. Definitely get rid of Jo Brand thoughl, I hate that evil cow.

[anotheoldgit]

How dare sp1814 post on subjects that cause offence when he himself makes one such as this,

Carol Thatcher who looks like a man in drag!!!

Should he lose his job or at the least banned from AB?

'Level playing fields' is all that I ask.