The Rest Is...The Jermaine Jenas Scandal & What The BBC Have Done Differently
This week, Jacki and Lyle are discussing a topic that has had the whole country talking once again. No, it's not the Oasis reunion (although Lyle does his level best to mention this at every possible moment!) It is, in fact, the situation surrounding now former BBC presenter and Match Of The Day pundit, Jermaine Jenas, who was sacked last week after it was revealed by The Sun that he had sent inappropriate text messages to two female members of staff. Jenas later admitted to sending this messages in an interview with the same newspaper, something Jacki agrees was planned by Jenas' comms team who have reacted decisively to his sacking and the resulting fallout. Jenas may well be offered a lifeline if newspaper reports are to be believed, with TNT Sports, where he works as a freelance pundit and commentator, refusing to rule out his continued appearances after the upcoming international break. Tim Davie, meanwhile, is said to be 'deeply unhappy' with Jenas, and Jacki and Lyle praise the BBC's response to this scandal in this episode. Jacki outlines that the BBC have in essence behaved like any standard employer should when faced with this allegations about one of their employees, and Lyle agrees that, despite certain perspectives that Jenas has ultimately paid the price for the BBC getting their act together in times of crisis such as these, this is how everyone associated with the broadcaster should now expect to be dealt with should they behave improperly. Jacki analyses the continued fallout from the Strictly Come Dancing Scandal involving Giovanni Pernice and actress Amanda Abbington, with the latter coming under fire from Jacki for the interview she recently conducted with Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Lyle ultimately assesses the three different approaches taken by the people at the centre of the three most recent BBC scandals - Jenas and his immediate apology, Pernice and his coming-out-fighting approach, and Huw Edwards' ultimately futile silent strategy. All three approaches led to different levels of reporting on the repsective stories, although Lyle does admit the Oasis reunion may have helped Jenas' cause in this regard as well (he just couldn't help mentioning it again!)Artwork & music by Lyle FultonGet in touch via lyle@dimoso.comMore information at www.therestispr.comFollow us on Twitter - @TheRestIsPR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.