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Unsurprisingly, given the source, the framing of this story is deliberately misleading & divisive.
Isa Guha has been part of TMS for the best part of a decade, and her role is mainly lead commentator.
Boycott's replacement as co-commentator for men's Tests was Alastair Cook.
Isa Guha has been part of TMS for the best part of a decade, and her role is mainly lead commentator.
Boycott's replacement as co-commentator for men's Tests was Alastair Cook.
BBC TMS - replaces one white, male, knighted, former England captain and gritty opener with another white, male, knighted, former England captain and gritty opener.
Daily Mail - "PC gone mad"
Daily Mail - "PC gone mad"
That's before even getting on to the bullshit "equality over quality" assertion being levelled at some of the BBC's best broadcasters purely because of their race.
Make no mistake, the DM are fully aware that publishing a story like this, and framing it in this manner will direct a bunch of ghouls to clog up the subject's mentions with abuse.
Imagine having the brass neck to throw out 'equality over quality' and refer it to one of the few people in the world who is adept at fulfilling the disparate roles of presenter, lead commentator and colour commentator, on both TV and radio.
Just to be clear, it wouldn't have mattered if he had been replaced by a person of colour.
That a white man replaced by another white man chose to direct his ire at 'diversity', and found media choose to amplify his views, says a lot about the discourse. https://twitter.com/_hypocaust/status/1318852089297108993
That a white man replaced by another white man chose to direct his ire at 'diversity', and found media choose to amplify his views, says a lot about the discourse. https://twitter.com/_hypocaust/status/1318852089297108993
