Tuesday, 20 December 2022
Backlash
Jeremy Clarkson's column about Meghan becomes most complained about ever
It comes as a letter was signed by a total of 64 MPs after the former Top Gear presenter's "hateful" remarks about the Duchess of Sussex sparked backlash.
The regulator said the piece, which has since been removed from The Sun's website at Clarkson's request, had received more than 20,800 complaints as of 5pm on Tuesday.
A tiny percentage of the adult population complains, so presumably we should call it a tiny backlash. A more urgent issue is whether the complainers are supporting Meghan or expressing hatred of Clarkson. Are these hate complaints?
I hate more than I love. All we humanitarians and pacifists have hatred as our mainspring.
John Buchan - Mr Standfast (1919)
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8 comments:
Jeremy's only fault was making a half-hearted apology. There should have been no apology.
DJ - I agree, it was a weak move.
"Jeremy's only fault was making a half-hearted apology"
I actually thought it was a deliberate wind-up, and he (quite rightly) doesn't give a fig...
Dave - it could have been, but even if it was it could easily be taken as genuine. Maybe ambiguity was the intention.
So left wing people can talk about 'lynching the bitch' and 'I would have thrown acid over them', but Clarkson can't talk about parading Markle thru the streets and throwing muck over her?
Tammly - that seems to be it. From one side of the political divide you can say almost anything.
To be fair, scolding Clarkson is a good deal easier than sorting ambulance strikes, inflation, and expensive energy.
Sam - yes, it's what they prefer, easy over tricky.
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