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To think Radio 5 host Danny Baker cannot stay at the BBC?

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KingHenrysCodpiece · 09/05/2019 08:41

Sorry if theres a post on this already.
Link www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7009283/BBC-Radio-5-Live-host-Danny-Baker-tweets-racist-Royal-Baby-monkey-image.html

He ought to go immediately.

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Alsohuman · 09/05/2019 14:33

I so hope she isn’t for real.

NoSauce · 09/05/2019 14:35

Yes I hope so too but sadly I bet she/he is.

RedDogsBeg · 09/05/2019 14:36

NoSauce & AlsoHuman I hoped so too but I suspect very much real and despicable.

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KingHenrysCodpiece · 09/05/2019 14:37

Suprised by Sheilagh Fogarty, disappointing.

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OnlyFoolsnMothers · 09/05/2019 14:38

Sheilagh Fogarty seems a little more aware of the severity of this than James OB- but if this tweet had come from Boris or Farage I imagine her show would be playing out very differently

formerbabe · 09/05/2019 14:38

As usual, white people offended on behalf of others

Imagine how much of a cunt you'd have to be if you were only ever offended by things which were directly related to you. I'm a straight, white woman ..I still find homophobia and racism to be offensive.

RosaWaiting · 09/05/2019 14:39

quizqueen

no, I'm offended for me and the racist remarks I've had chucked at me over the years.

not seen the film so can't comment there.

FloweryButton · 09/05/2019 14:39

The usual drama llamas on MN. Nothing better to do with their time than be in a permanent state of outrage about media trivia. Still makes them look good to themselves I suppose, just a modern version of twitchy curtain watchers to me!

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 09/05/2019 14:41

FloweryButton sorry did we interrupt your very important day by forcing you on here to engage

Alsohuman · 09/05/2019 14:41

Yeah because racism is so trivial. 🤬

formerbabe · 09/05/2019 14:42

FloweryButton. Bet you think it's political correctness gone mad eh?!

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KingHenrysCodpiece · 09/05/2019 14:42

FloweryButton

Grin 10/10 for trying love.

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JacquesHammer · 09/05/2019 14:43

Nothing better to do with their time than be in a permanent state of outrage about media trivia

I work in media. This sort of incidence is very important to me personally and in a wider, societal sense. Not least because racism is never trivial.

But this is the usual "poster lambasts others for not having anything better to do, than by posting on a forum...."

CustardySergeant · 09/05/2019 14:44

In an interview on his doorstep on BBC News just now, Danny Baker said that when he tweeted that picture he didn't know that the new Royal baby that everyone was talking about was the Sussexes. He just thought it was one of the other royals he said. The interviewer asked him if he was the only one in the world who didn't know that Meghan had given birth and he repeated that he didn't know! How bizarre.

FreshAprilStart · 09/05/2019 14:45

Well said @formerbabe

CustardySergeant · 09/05/2019 14:46

I was referring to Afternoon Live on the BBC News channel in my previous post, not the news bulletin btw.

StealthPolarBear · 09/05/2019 14:47

He works in media and wasn't aware of the biggest media story this side of Brexit?
Does he think we're fucking fools?

NoSauce · 09/05/2019 14:48

The usual drama llamas on MN. Nothing better to do with their time than be in a permanent state of outrage about media trivia. Still makes them look good to themselves I suppose, just a modern version of twitchy curtain watchers to me!

Really? So you’re ok with racists then? What does that make you?

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KingHenrysCodpiece · 09/05/2019 14:48

CustardySergeant

In an interview on his doorstep on BBC News just now, Danny Baker said that when he tweeted that picture he didn't know that the new Royal baby that everyone was talking about was the Sussexes

So which other Royal Couple did he think it was? Charles and Camilla? Andrew and Fergie? The Wessexs?

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StealthPolarBear · 09/05/2019 14:49

The queen and Prince p :o

JacquesHammer · 09/05/2019 14:49

In an interview on his doorstep on BBC News just now, Danny Baker said that when he tweeted that picture he didn't know that the new Royal baby that everyone was talking about was the Sussexes. He just thought it was one of the other royals he said. The interviewer asked him if he was the only one in the world who didn't know that Meghan had given birth and he repeated that he didn't know! How bizarre

Well what a credible defence. Man in media isn't aware of biggest story in the media.

Well now I'm convinced.

Acis · 09/05/2019 14:50

Odder and odder. Which "other royal" does he claim he thought had just had a baby? It's not like prominent members of the royal family are constantly popping out offspring so you can't remember which was which.

StealthPolarBear · 09/05/2019 14:51

So he's been away on his desert island for the last year has he? But returns to a hazy idea there is a new royal baby of some sort and is suddenly so invested that he tweets about it, despite being cut off from social media for the last year as well?
Yeah... Right.

NoSauce · 09/05/2019 14:51

In an interview on his doorstep on BBC News just now, Danny Baker said that when he tweeted that picture he didn't know that the new Royal baby that everyone was talking about was the Sussexes. He just thought it was one of the other royals he said. The interviewer asked him if he was the only one in the world who didn't know that Meghan had given birth and he repeated that he didn't know! How bizarre

Fucking hell it gets worse.

NotACleverName · 09/05/2019 14:51

Oh wait, @quizqueen is actually being serious I think.

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