Filth

[fpb]

If the BBC were an organization with any respect for decency, Jonathan Ross would have been sacked on the spot, and Russell Brand blacklisted for life. Once upon a time, a man caught doing anything half as dishonourable would have been quietly approached by colleagues and left alone in a room with a tot of brandy and a loaded pistol.

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[fpb.livejournal.com]

This: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/terence-blacker/terence-blacker-when-did-bullying-become-acceptable-975457.html

And I have gone for the description to the most left-wing, pro-BBC newspaper in Britain. This is not a party matter: everyone is outraged.

[starshipcat.livejournal.com]

Stomach-turning.

Unfortunately, there is a substantial audience who thinks that smutty talk is hilarious, and that it's even funnier when the person being talked about is in no position to defend him- or herself.

Otherwise, why would a whole pack of so-called comedians like Andrew Dice Clay have made such careers of talk that ought to have gotten their mouths washed out with soap when they were of an age that it might have done some good.

[filialucis]

Thanks for the link... I think. What an inexpressibly revolting story. :S

[fpb.livejournal.com]

"Inexpressibly revolting" just about sums it up. The most horrendous fact about it is that this kind of ambush is apparently standard practice among radio jocks. The fact that I never follow those broadcasts explains, I suppose, why I find it so outrageous. But it is not myself alone - millions upon millions of Britons are disgusted and protesting, which gives me some slight hope.