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BBC in Crisis Over Gary Lineker Israel Ban Tweet: ‘It Makes Them Look Moronic’
The BBC's says Gary Lineker's did not breach the broadcaster's impartiality rules over a tweet calling for Israel to be banned from football games.
Variety understands that BBC director general Tim Davie and head of content Charlotte Moore “dropped everything” on Monday to have an urgent meeting about “Match of the Day” host Gary Lineker ‘s retweet of a post urging FIFA and the International Olympic Committee to ban Israel from football tournaments. British newspapers including The Telegraph were subsequently briefed by a source that Lineker had “misunderstood” the post and had thought he was retweeting a news report about the country being banned from tournaments rather than a call to action. Moore’s silence is seen as particularly damning in light of the fact she is the BBC’s new executive sponsor for the corporation’s nascent Jewish Staff Network, which Variety can reveal is in the process of being set up following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
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