| Topic: | Danny Baker | |
| Posted by: | Tricia Arbuthnot | |
| Date/Time: | 10/05/19 09:42:00 |
| I'm a huge fan. He is the one radio broadcaster who can effortlessly fill air time with next to no prepared material. He is an intelligent, well-informed, funny man who manages to bring out the best in guests and people who call into his shows. Sometime back I remember him commenting on the British Gas ads which featured an animated family of chimps talking about their central heating. It caused a stir because there were complaints that it could be offensive to black people. Danny said that it was the complaints themselves that were offensive because why on earth would anyone make a particular association between a chimp and a black person. The fact is that some people do and Danny's tweet was ill-advised. He did the right thing deleted it, apologised unreservedly. I genuinely believe the possible racist connotations hadn't occurred to him when he made the post. Having listened to his shows for well over a decade my view is that he doesn't have a racist bone in his body. He probably is a difficult employee though and very much out of step with the culture at the BBC at the moment. He has made no secret of his dislike of management and they have sidelined him a number of times in the past but ultimately had to bring him back because of falling listener numbers. For many other presenters this Twitter storm would have meant a slap on the wrist but Danny's error has given them the chance to do what they have been wanting to do for some time. The BBC is much diminished by this affair. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Danny Baker | 10/05/19 09:42:00 | Tricia Arbuthnot |
| Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 12:30:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 12:47:00 | N V Brooks |
| Re:Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 12:51:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 14:59:00 | Simon Wycombe |
| Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 12:53:00 | Tony Heath |
| Re:Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 13:19:00 | N V Brooks |
| Re:Re:Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 13:54:00 | Tony Heath |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 14:01:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 14:15:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 14:33:00 | N V Brooks |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 15:08:00 | Tony Heath |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 17:08:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Danny Baker | 10/05/19 17:15:00 | N V Brooks |
| Re:Danny Baker | 21/05/19 10:22:00 | Andrew Farmer |