Gary Lineker to leave BBC this weekend without payoff, the day after he had been apologized for amplifying online material with antisemic connotation.
And presently, the highest paid in-air star to BBCWhen you schedule the present 2026 world and then Season’s FA Cup to Corporation.
However, insiders said in the situation had been counted among themselves continuing anger in the social media later. And now effectively end their 30-year relationship with BBC after Fronting its last Match the day This weekend. It is not meant to include a financial business.
The decision to allow him to present the last Match the day On the season has been led to the criticism, with some industry and accusing BBC of allowing him to leave in their terms, despite the admission of a serious error of judgment.
Reports of the Linker’s early Departure emerged on Sunday night, days after presented in BBC’s FA cup final coverage. This is confirmed by Monday in Tim Davie, the BBC’s Director General. “Cary has acknowledged to the mistake” said. “In this respect, that we have agreed to the next step back from the next time.
“Cary was defining the voice of the football coverage to BBC for two decades. Passion and science and shaped our sports journalism and earned him with respect to sports fans across the UK and in.”
It brings to the end of the decades, a long relationship with BBC, in which corporation developed previous England striker in their leading sports present. The last pair of day will come for 26 years after he took the lyna.
Last week in 64 years excused After this emerged itself reposted a pro-Palestine video in Instagram that criticized Sionism and included illustration of the rat. Lineker has 1.2m followers in platform.
A rat is an antisemitic trope that in Nazi Germany to characterize the Jews as vermin. Lineker said that it was “never knowingly share some antisemitic” and deleted after “as soon as possible.”
Yesterday, the linker acknowledged that after the “Awful connotation”, but he did not see that Emoji. “I have never been consciously repost anything antisemic – not goes against all stand for” said. “I appreciate the error and upset, which is caused, and reiterate than sorry I am. Reaching now feels as a responsible action.” Davie had been facing calls to a sack of linerker who paid £ 1.35m in BBC last year. The BBC is now starting a new era coverage without linker. Will be replaced by a pair of days By Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman.
Come after the emergency few years in a relationship between a liippe and BBC. In March 2023 period suspended The comments will be criticized in the conservative control of the asylum policy.
In February this year, and it was also between 500 high, profile culture figures are called in BBC to rebroadcast a documentary, Gaza, how to survive a war zone, calling it in “essential a journalism.”
The broadcaster removed documentary A BBC iplayer after this emerged as a film of 14-year-old narrator was the son of Deputy Agriculture Minister in the territory Hamas-run control.
Danny Cohen, the BBC is a former director of television who was a leading critieger of the broadcaster’s handling of the issue, he said that it was right, which is left. However, it was asked why it is not allowed before one last to show.
“It is not allowed to be allowed the last swan song this weekend,” he said. “And why is it not a written statement that BBC is hard to understand an antisemitism.
“If the racist content has been directed to another city do not believe a presentter is not allowed to carry on for another week. The BBC is a serious and wide-ranging effect leadership can change.”
Another BBC Staffer said: “It seems that BBC bosses have made a bare minimum loss of limitation. As a member staff that feels like a betrayal.”
Producer Leo Pearlman, leader executive Fullel, even accused BBC of “weak and ineffective leaders” and said there was no victory in a lippe leaving “appears in their terms.”
The BBC declined to comment on a criticism. However, the source of the will allow linker to present the time’s last pair of days recognized as a presenter long relationship with the corporation. I don’t get that BBC had a wider problem with a antisemitism.