Gary Lineker, they think it’s all over. It is now.
The footballer, undone by his naivety, will present his last Match of the Day tomorrow.
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The footballer, undone by his naivety, will present his last Match of the Day tomorrow.
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The BBC presenter is caught between the worlds of old and new media.
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Highlights include: Jude’s flair, long hair and the end of an earpiece for Gary Lineker.
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Exclusive interview: Gary Lineker on leaving the BBC, the war in Gaza and his new career as a “media mogul”.
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Also this week: keeping shrimp and a new role for Hugh Grant.
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Also this week: a brawl at Lord’s and the US-Saudi golf rivalry.
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Gary Lineker’s new podcast offers a stale standard of analysis that barely hovers above that offered by the drunkest bar-propper…
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A succession of scandals has created a profound mistrust in our political and media class.
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Culture warriors can’t help but display the behaviour they seek to criticise. Listen to them, then throw their words back…
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Jamie Angus is the first to raise his head above the parapet for Tim Davie – but thinks many BBC…
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Agent Jon Holmes reveals in the New Statesman that the presenter understood he could tweet freely about refugees and immigration.
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As the Match of the Day host’s agent, I had a busy week at the centre of the impartiality storm.
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In an era of fake news and hyperpartisan media, the rationale for a public-service broadcaster is stronger than ever.
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Staff at the broadcaster hold its director-general and chairman in contempt.
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The Tory-led furore over Gary Lineker and impartiality has only succeeded in making Sharp’s position appear even more untenable.
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The corporation must stand up to Conservative bullying and prioritise fairness over an impossible standard of impartiality.
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Those who want to defund a vital national institution have emerged stronger from this saga.
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Whatever decision Tim Davie makes, he is bound to outrage around half of the British public and a good number…
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The Gary Lineker affair has proved the corporation still takes its lead from the same papers that want to destroy…
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