https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy76pdz5152o
What's Jenas been up to I wonder?
I read this morning he is alleged to have played for QPR.
Nice way to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of MOTD, a MOTD "Scandal".
Will lose his £195K BBC salary it seems....he's actually hosting on Talksport at this moment, getting a few more quid,.so it can't be that bad.
He is a terrible presenter.
He's been fiddling with his VAR
Inappropriate texting.
zZzZz all so predictable.. give it another two or three months after this story dies down and there'll be a new one
If the BBC find his behaviour to be inexcusable then that rules out child abuse.
The BBC do seem to pay very poor presenters lots of money only to have to sack the odd one for inappropriate behaviour. The bosses are really bad at their job. Good job their not football coaches.
Weird they can sack him for inappropriate texting but keep Huw Edwards on the books for ages and even then it took a court case for them to fire him
5 minutes of Jermaine saying he's not going to talk about it...
https://youtu.be/2-WsfOxrSD8?si=IJWQHtOq-XhzdMpp
Oh no. Anyway...
Quote from: Lighthouse on August 22, 2024, 08:52:41 PMThe BBC do seem to pay very poor presenters lots of money only to have to sack the odd one for inappropriate behaviour. The bosses are really bad at their job. Good job their not football coaches.
Do you think that they are the only business where this sort of thing happens? There are plenty of football and gymnastics coaches all over the country who have probably been guilty of inappropriate behaviour with their youngsters it is just that they have never come to Court.
Quote from: Lighthouse on August 22, 2024, 08:52:41 PMThe BBC do seem to pay very poor presenters lots of money only to have to sack the odd one for inappropriate behaviour. The bosses are really bad at their job. Good job their not football coaches.
Jermaine Jenas also works for Talksport and TNT Sports in case you weren't aware.
I guess their bosses must be really bad at their jobs too?
Quote from: Eton White on August 22, 2024, 09:54:43 PMQuote from: Lighthouse on August 22, 2024, 08:52:41 PMThe BBC do seem to pay very poor presenters lots of money only to have to sack the odd one for inappropriate behaviour. The bosses are really bad at their job. Good job their not football coaches.
Jermaine Jenas also works for Talksport and TNT Sports in case you weren't aware.
I guess their bosses must be really bad at their jobs too?
Have they all a history as long as the BBC of employing wronguns? I didn't know that. Or had to sack as many presenters as the BBC. Or insist we pay a tax to keep their service going. I didn't know any of this.
Quote from: Lighthouse on August 22, 2024, 10:32:11 PMQuote from: Eton White on August 22, 2024, 09:54:43 PMQuote from: Lighthouse on August 22, 2024, 08:52:41 PMThe BBC do seem to pay very poor presenters lots of money only to have to sack the odd one for inappropriate behaviour. The bosses are really bad at their job. Good job their not football coaches.
Jermaine Jenas also works for Talksport and TNT Sports in case you weren't aware.
I guess their bosses must be really bad at their jobs too?
Have they all a history as long as the BBC of employing wronguns? I didn't know that. Or had to sack as many presenters as the BBC. Or insist we pay a tax to keep their service going. I didn't know any of this.
It's the same presenter for all three broadcasters. Why are you always so fixated on the BBC?
He has liked to come across so squeaky clean and "right on".
Just goes to show.
That's not very PC of em "BBC" to fire a person of color
Quote from: Angus Telford on August 22, 2024, 11:44:20 PMAs far as I can tell he's accused of sending a female colleague a text that was flirty and/or unsolicited. Hardly makes him a "wrongun" or goes to show anything really...
Doesn't sound that bad, though we don't know the full story, but the BBC is obviously terrified of the criticism it would get if it came out, and he was still working for them.
The BBC has become a pantomime villain of the right wing press and commentariat on social media, but personally I doubt they employ more wrong un's than any huge organization. Yes, they are publicly funded - we own it rather than a huge US based corporation, which, of course, has this county's best interests at heart rather than the vast profits of its shareholders!
But the BBC comes under more scrutiny from the press/social media etc than other broadcasters - people are always looking for an excuse......
Quote from: Hugh Janus on August 22, 2024, 05:44:18 PMI read this morning he is alleged to have played for QPR.
That's a sackable offence straight away 😁
Quote from: Jims Dentist on August 22, 2024, 11:28:20 PMHe has liked to come across so squeaky clean and "right on".
Just goes to show.
Just goes to one show !
Quote from: Eton White on August 22, 2024, 10:57:04 PMQuote from: Lighthouse on August 22, 2024, 10:32:11 PMQuote from: Eton White on August 22, 2024, 09:54:43 PMQuote from: Lighthouse on August 22, 2024, 08:52:41 PMThe BBC do seem to pay very poor presenters lots of money only to have to sack the odd one for inappropriate behaviour. The bosses are really bad at their job. Good job their not football coaches.
Jermaine Jenas also works for Talksport and TNT Sports in case you weren't aware.
I guess their bosses must be really bad at their jobs too?
Have they all a history as long as the BBC of employing wronguns? I didn't know that. Or had to sack as many presenters as the BBC. Or insist we pay a tax to keep their service going. I didn't know any of this.
It's the same presenter for all three broadcasters. Why are you always so fixated on the BBC?
Well unlike the others the BBC is the oldest and has a licence fee we pay for. So unlike the others it should have learned from its long history of mistakes with people it employs. I don't actually listen to the radio stations that are mentioned. But the BBC is a multi radio, tv channel with a huge internet news and sport and entertainment foothold. It pretty much dictates what we watch and listen to. So it is hard to get away from. Obsessed seems a little over the top for a public broadcaster that pretty much dominates 24 hours a day. It employs ex footballers as presenters on family entertainment shows. The other radio station tend to stick to employing sports personalities to sports. However this obsession others have of defending 'auntie' is explainable. They can't understand why the 'old lady' should be criticised. We should just accept her mistakes.
If he's been sacked then that would suggest it's far more serious than just a flirtatious text or two.
knowing the BBC he is probably a nonse
Quote from: Jimmy Hill on August 23, 2024, 11:20:11 AMknowing the BBC he is probably a nonse
He's probably a paedo. That corrupt organisation churns them out for fun and loves paying them for it.
State of some of the responses on this thread.
Sadly predictable too.
Quote from: Somerset Fulham on August 23, 2024, 11:29:35 AMState of some of the responses on this thread.
Sadly predicable too.
As I understand it, libel can jeopardise this forum so some of the comments on this thread are foolhardy to say the least.
Quote from: Rightwhite on August 23, 2024, 11:21:47 AMQuote from: Jimmy Hill on August 23, 2024, 11:20:11 AMknowing the BBC he is probably a nonse
He's probably a paedo. That corrupt organisation churns them out for fun and loves paying them for it.
I agree the bbc is a stench under the nostrils of the people who have to pay a licence fee to an organisation who are a 21st Century Dick Turpin and a platform for anti Western values.
I don't know how Jenas got the job in the first place, he comes across as smarmy and almost as bad as a presenter as the wooden Lineker.
It's not what you know it's who you know, jobs for the boys.
Nevertheless I am not going to judge him on the accusations surrounding his dismissal by the bbc as i do not know the facts.
To be sacked with immediate effect though indicates he has transgressed and it will be interesting to find out if there are any juicy bits.
The problem i find these days is that people complain and get offended about anything that hurts their feelings.
Then again a lot of ladies have now come forward to complain with their version of events.
So he looks as though he is on a sticky wicket.
So the organisation and establishment at the bbc would for legal reasons not have administered a Red Card unless they had concrete evidence that he has been in their eyes a very naughty boy.
Quote from: Somerset Fulham on August 23, 2024, 11:29:35 AMState of some of the responses on this thread.
Sadly predicable too.
You are right. But I have a feeling your criticism of the responses are not aimed at the same responses as those that I am bored by. That is why we have free speech.
Quote from: Woolly Mammoth on August 23, 2024, 11:52:37 AMQuote from: Rightwhite on August 23, 2024, 11:21:47 AMQuote from: Jimmy Hill on August 23, 2024, 11:20:11 AMknowing the BBC he is probably a nonse
He's probably a paedo. That corrupt organisation churns them out for fun and loves paying them for it.
I agree the bbc is a stench under the nostrils of the people who have to pay a licence fee to an organisation who are a 21st Century Dick Turpin and a platform for anti Western values.
I don't know how Jenas got the job in the first place, he comes across as smarmy and almost as bad as a presenter as the wooden Lineker.
It's not what you know it's who you know, jobs for the boys.
Nevertheless I am not going to judge him on the accusations surrounding his dismissal by the bbc as i do not know the facts.
To be sacked with immediate effect though indicates he has transgressed and it will be interesting to find out if there are any juicy bits.
The problem i find these days is that people complain and get offended about anything that hurts their feelings.
Then again a lot of ladies have now come forward to complain with their version of events.
So he looks as though he is on a sticky wicket.
So the organisation and establishment at the bbc would for legal reasons not have administered a Red Card unless they had concrete evidence that he has been in their eyes a very naughty boy.
Amen to this post.
I would also like to add that I said "probably" and not "he is".
Quote from: Lighthouse on August 23, 2024, 11:53:36 AMQuote from: Somerset Fulham on August 23, 2024, 11:29:35 AMState of some of the responses on this thread.
Sadly predicable too.
You are right. But I have a feeling your criticism of the responses are not aimed at the same responses as those that I am bored by. That is why we have free speech.
I would like to think that we are in perfect alignment in this instance. We both know each others views on the organisation and it is fine that we disagree about it. The accusations though, some of those are properly grim.
I thought he was an ok presenter.
Hmmmm, as we're straying into territory which may be risky to FOF and individual posters in terms of making comments that are largely based on minimal knowledge of the facts and therefore potentially reputationally damaging with a basis for legal redress, I'm gonna be locking this thread, and wishing you all a lovely and peaceful weekend, laden with 3 beautiful points.