News just in that Ross and Brand have been suspended by the BBC comes rather belatedly and it seems only in response to license payers anger.
Just for the record - the 'prank' (without being disrespectful to clever pranks) was arguably funny to anybody aged upto 14 for about 30 seconds.
Frankly I'm not bothered whether it was obscene or not. What is (has been) obscene that Jonathon Woss should be the recipient of an £18m contract and that Brand is enagaged at all.
We've heard so much about banker's bonuses in recent weeks and yet contracts like Woss's seem to escape attention. Why? Because it's the BBC.....
I would have preferred the BBC to have stayed in denial and given some legitimacy to cancel the crap license fee that continues to be unfairly levied for what remains to be a sub-standard service (ooh - can't say that!!).
I used to watch the news but have stopped since it became quite prejudiced and biased with its own agenda - with most objectivity disappearing. As for its business coverage - don't make me laugh (in a stand-up comic kind of way).
Of course ever since the stories of taxies being parked outside BBC HQ for hours on end at tax-payers expense one has wondered about the fairy-tale existence.
The sooner the license fee is abolished the better.
The disappointing aspect to this story was the way it is reported that Mr Sachs complaint was originally ignored by the producers - how very contemptible?.
Talent is an oft-used word in media circles. Perhaps it should be more clearly defined for remuneration purposes (or lack of thereof?).
For the record neither Mr Ross nor Mr Brand would be hired by our company/School in any capacity based on talent. But then we're in the private sector...........and I am not always up for a laugh.
As the saying goes - individuals eventually find the level that he/she excels at. It would appear that Messrs Ross and Brand have found theirs.........perhaps Mr Brand's autobiography should be retitled 'My mucky-buck'?
Pity the BBC management hadn't spotted it beforehand......... the real 'kick' is that any contract termination will, no doubt, inevitably lead to large pay-offs (lawyer fees aside) - yet another kick in the license-payers gut.............
