The BBC announced on Monday March 13 the return to the air of ex-footballer Gary Lineker, one of the most famous presenters of the audiovisual group, whose suspension on Friday March 10 after a tweet against the government had triggered a wave of protests. This affair, which has been in the headlines of the British media for several days, has revived the debate on the impartiality of the BBC, giant of public broadcasting. Gary Lineker, 62, presenter of Match of the Day, a hugely popular football show, was fired after criticizing on Twitter a Conservative government bill aimed at preventing migrants arriving illegally from seeking asylum in the UK, a plan decried as far as the UN . He had denounced a cruel policy aimed at the most vulnerable, in a language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s “. These comments were strongly criticized by the government and right-wing newspapers. The BBC, which has established impartiality as ” priority “, decided to withdraw Gary Lineker the presentation of Match Of The Day “ until we have a clear agreement with him on his use of social networks “. But this layoff caused an outcry. She led to the upheaval of BBC sports programming on television and radio. Several football broadcast consultants, such as former England internationals Ian Wright and Alan Shearer, have pulled out of their programs by ” solidarity “. Gary Lineker and the BBC have finally come to an agreement. ” Gary is an important part of the BBC and I know how much the BBC means to him, and I look forward to him presenting our show next weekend BBC Director-General Tim Davie said in a statement. It will be back on the air from Saturday, March 18.
BBC reinstates star presenter Gary Lineker after outcry over his suspension
