Re: BBC man faces sack over sick Spanish air crash joke

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On Aug 26, 2:51 pm, "AC" <x...@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> "Hugh Jardon" <stortf...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 26 Aug, 14:10, Ed <Edward.A.Bow...@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> > A BBC soccer commentator faced the sack last night over a sickening
> > remark he made about the Spanish air disaster.
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> > Chris Price told his audience that Rochdale “were making more holes in
> > the Bradford defence than in a Spanish aircraft” during his live
> > update on Saturday.
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> > Outraged listeners bombarded the switchboard at BBC Radio Manchester
> > to complain — and last night executives issued an apology. Freelance
> > commentator Price, 25, made his comment just three days after the
> > Madrid air crash which killed 154.
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> > He said: “If people were offended by what I said then of course I
> > apologise. I never intended to offend.”
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> > Some of the Madrid air tragedy victims may never be identified, it was
> > revealed last night. Forensic experts have so far identified 92
> > bodies. But many of the victims were badly burned.
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> > Officials are now relying on difficult DNA techniques.
> >Let's get rid of the last man in the BBC with a mind of his own.
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> Offending people = mind of his own?

Nah. Scott Mills, for example, has a team of researchers, as
do many of the more successful DJs.

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