BBC boss will not step down as Lineker removal sparks sports coverage chaos
The Hindu
Some Leicester fans showed their support for Lineker with placards reading: “I’m with Gary, migrants welcome”
The BBC's director general Tim Davie said he will not resign after the publicly-funded broadcaster's sport service was decimated on Saturday by a backlash to Gary Lineker's removal as Match of the Day host.
"Everyone wants to calmly resolve the situation," Davie said in a BBC interview.
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Lineker was forced to "step back" from his duties presenting the flagship Premier League highlights show after accusing the U.K. government of using Nazi-era rhetoric in tackling illegal immigration.
The BBC said on Friday that England's fourth highest goalscorer of all-time had breached guidelines on impartiality and the corporation would seek "an agreed and clear position on his use of social media" before an on-screen return.
However, the decision caused chaos to scheduled sports programming across the BBC's television and radio output.
Former England strikers Ian Wright and Alan Shearer were among the pundits who refused to take up their usual roles on Match of the Day, followed by the programme's commentators.
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