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John Humphries needs to go

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badbadhusky · 12/01/2018 11:53

Caught on tape slagging off Carrie Gracie and the BBC equal pay row: www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/12/john-humphrys-jokes-about-bbc-gender-pay-gap-in-leaked-off-air-recording

After his disgraceful attitude about the Weinstein/#metoo affair on the live Today programme with Michael Gove a few weeks ago, this dinosaur needs to be kicked into touch.

Despite his grandee status, I’ve started to find his dismissive, hectoring interview style is getting in the way of reporting the news.

What an arse!

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Amoregentlemanlikemanner · 12/01/2018 23:50

petition.parliament.uk

Just leaving this here for someone to pick up. Don't want to out myself.

alltherageattheBBC · 12/01/2018 23:48

Do it! I'll sign.

Amoregentlemanlikemanner · 12/01/2018 23:44
KiaOraAura · 12/01/2018 23:37

whowhatwhy that is so true. A friend of mine, a nurse, had done some research and implemented some fantastic changes to practice as a result. Changes that will make a real difference to people's lives. He interviewed her on R4 and was just horrible, rude and abrupt. Verging on aggressive even. Awful man, hope he gets the boot, but don't think for a second he will. And we bloody pay for misogynistic twats like him.

PricklyBall · 12/01/2018 23:36

If you haven't noticed him much recently, Vivienne, and he's really that forgettable, it does make one wonder why he got paid in excess of £600,000 last year.

alltherageattheBBC · 12/01/2018 23:28

That was Phil Harding whizziwig, former BBC senior manager. Current snooze fest and Humphrys apologist.

nauticant · 12/01/2018 23:08

Eddie Mair on PM today referring to Trump:

Oval orifice

Often terrific, often very amusing.

Whowhatwhy · 12/01/2018 23:03

Humphreys has a one size fits all approach when interviewing. He attacks the politician and the charity worker with the same tone and aggression. Too much talking, never enough listening. Don't like him at all.

Whizziwig · 12/01/2018 22:56

Awful. Surely the BBC can't defend him. I also thought Eddie Mair was good today. Managed to sound very objective, which Humphries never does any more. You can clearly tell from his interviews where his political allegiances lie, which shouldn't be the case with broadcasters. There was a very annoying (male) interviewee on PM though who seemed to suggest that Humphries was just joking about and we shouldn't take him too seriously Angry.

Viviennemary · 12/01/2018 22:55

I've not noticed him lately. It's getting a bit of a witch hunt IMHO.

Amoregentlemanlikemanner · 12/01/2018 22:50

I'd sign

SealSong · 12/01/2018 22:48

On the other hand - Eddie Mair, love him. He was awesome today on pm re the whole BBC gender pay issue.

SealSong · 12/01/2018 22:46

Yes, he really does need to go. I'm sick of his dinosaur like misogyny. He is frequently appalling and embarrassing to listen to. Is there not a petition? If not someone should start one

Amoregentlemanlikemanner · 12/01/2018 22:45

Agree

"Can't they replace him with a woman? They'd only need to pay her half as much."

Itscurtainsforyou · 12/01/2018 22:42

I agree. Sadly. I used to like him but he's been very questionable lately.

picklemepopcorn · 12/01/2018 22:41

He used to be good, and was the sound of waking up for many years. There was a certain comfort to it, but not any more.

QuentinSummers · 12/01/2018 22:22

He used to be brilliant but recently he has become terrible. I was a Today devotee but I never listen any more. Have switched allegiances to R5 but this week they have also annoyed me (lots of earnest chat about how white working class boys are disadvantaged, no women involved in discussion, shut down a professor who said class was a bigger factor than ethnicity or gender; then did a feature on birth trauma with the last segment devoted to how men suffer too Angry Angry)

KERALA1 · 12/01/2018 22:18

These big headed smug old men all need to go. Clear the decks. Dimbleby too don't like his attitude to women on question time either.

Bluntness100 · 12/01/2018 21:53

I agree, I think they need to fire him and they have no option. He came across as an elitist, mysgynistic , self absorbed, arrogant, dinosaur.

I certainly would not watch or listen to him again and would make a point of switching over.

He's literally just alienated at least 50 percent of the adult population.

pisacake · 12/01/2018 21:48

Can't they replace him with a woman? They'd only need to pay her half as much.

CertainHalfDesertedStreets · 12/01/2018 21:47

He has literally no sense of humour - see his cringy appearance on 'I've Never Seen Star Wars'. He's a terrible interviewer and a total dinosaur.

How did he get to where he is? Wasn't there another, better, white man available?

sarahjconnor · 12/01/2018 21:31

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beeny · 12/01/2018 21:29

He has has been sounding awful for ages and needs to go.

alltherageattheBBC · 12/01/2018 21:24

All depends on whiners the listening figures go up or down when he's on. I think he's had his day and should be put out to grass but the senior managers seem to love him/view him as a sacred cow.

He won't go down for his disgraceful comments leaked yesterday/today - or only if he flounces if anyone dares to reprimand him. He's rumored to be very touchy so we can only hope that someone has the guts to tackle him.

nauticant · 12/01/2018 21:14

Melvin Melvyn. That'll teach me for feeling smug over my Humphrys above.

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