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Torygraph said:
Rodney Marsh, the football pundit, has been sacked by broadcaster Sky Sports after making an "inexcusable" joke about the Asian tsunami disaster.
Marsh, appearing on phone-in programme You're On Sky Sports, joked that David Beckham had turned down a move to Newcastle after hearing of the trouble with the "Toon Army in Asia".
The former Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City and Fulham striker was sacked after bosses reviewed his comments this morning.
A Sky Sports spokesman said: "During the live night-time phone-in, Rodney made comments that were offensive and inexcusable.
"An apology was made within the programme and Rodney's comments were edited and removed from later transmissions.
"These remarks should never have been made and Sky would like to offer its apologies to those who were offended.''
Ok, not that clever i admit. But i would agree it was a joke aimed at Beck's more than anything else. Would an apology to anyone who was offended by it not of sufficied. I mean it was a football program after 10pm. This counrty is so PC you cant make a joke anymore, or thats the way it seems.
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Ellen Mc Arthur has just contacted her base admitting defeat in her latest round the world solo challenge. Details are a bit sketchy at the moment, however she did say she'd like to offer her warmest congratulations to Mr Fum Bo Lin who had just overtaken her in a deckchair............
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Ellen Mc Arthur has just contacted her base admitting defeat in her latest round the world solo challenge. Details are a bit sketchy at the moment, however she did say she'd like to offer her warmest congratulations to Mr Fum Bo Lin who had just overtaken her in a deckchair............
i'll get me coat
Oh common guys, I'm not offended by the jokes, but I bet you even feel guilty posting them?
I was in Perth in Oz when this happened, staying with some friends who knew people that were still missing in Indonesia on holiday, some of them children. Not nice.
I think Rodders was a bit foolish to crack the joke on air, obvious sacking material (rightly or wrongly), but there again, he was a footballer and they do have a tendancy to plant their feet in their mouth from time to time.
>> Edited by carsarecool on Wednesday 26th January 09:49
>> Edited by carsarecool on Wednesday 26th January 10:23
I was in Perth in Oz when this happened, staying with some friends who knew people that were still missing in Indonesia on holiday, some of them children. Not nice.
I think Rodders was a bit foolish to crack the joke on air, obvious sacking material (rightly or wrongly), but there again, he was a footballer and they do have a tendancy to plant their feet in their mouth from time to time.
>> Edited by carsarecool on Wednesday 26th January 09:49
>> Edited by carsarecool on Wednesday 26th January 10:23
Okay so the joke was perhaps best left said between mates in the pub rather than on Live TV and the appology was the right thing to do, but SACKING him FFS!
I certainly remember all the 'How do you get an Ethiopian...' type jokes, but those seemed acceptable - is it something to do with the Western loss of life?
Then again I remember a few of the 9/11 jokes.
Often it is human nature to joke / make jokes about something that is distressing. The father of one of my closest friends died last week - all weekend he was cracking jokes about how he died like 'The King' (on the loo.)
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>> Edited by Rude-boy on Wednesday 26th January 10:59
I certainly remember all the 'How do you get an Ethiopian...' type jokes, but those seemed acceptable - is it something to do with the Western loss of life?
Then again I remember a few of the 9/11 jokes.
Often it is human nature to joke / make jokes about something that is distressing. The father of one of my closest friends died last week - all weekend he was cracking jokes about how he died like 'The King' (on the loo.)
edited cause I got no gramma skills
>> Edited by Rude-boy on Wednesday 26th January 10:59
Disaster jokes make you cringe and smile all at the same time, some more than others. Personally, I still raise a smile at the shuttle cocktail... yeh, you know the one... teachers, 7 up and ice. Does that make me a bad person? No, and neither is Rodney Marsh. It's not like he said "this would be a good day to bury bad news" and he didn't call anyone a "f**king lazy n*gg*r"... it was a joke FFS. Apology yes, sacking no.
Total over-reaction - total b@ll@cks. As people pointed out, was directed at Beckham as much as anyone. When you consider what the Sun gets away with (also Murdoch stable), is an absolute joke.
Would feel more sympathetic if he hadn't f@cked up City's chance of winning the league, though ...
Would feel more sympathetic if he hadn't f@cked up City's chance of winning the league, though ...
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