Jonathon Ross suspended for three months, current employee sighs

"if you could only secure 1% of the publicity Brand and Ross are getting now you'd be phoning the Queen and telling her you and Harry had just spent a week on the nose bag and she needs to settle the bill."

HA!

Also, I just want to add to this debate further. I know that goes against my initial standings on the issue but I feel that this thread is turning into a critique of the media's rabid behaviour.

Read and fury at Richard Littlejohn's pathetic attempt to turn this nothing story into a political issue. Apparently, "The BBC is run like Britain is governed." But wait, there's more, "If the Tories could but see it, there's a once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity here". What Mr Littlejohn? Are you for real?

I have a suggestion for the Daily Mail; read your articles out loud before you publish them and if preferable get an ageing, fat and grumpy old man to do the reading for added effect. Read this next passage out loud and you'll get a feeling for what I mean.

"I'd give the BBC enough money to run Radio 4 and maybe two television channels."

Glad to know that Littlejohn isn't in charge then,

Any given opportunity to tarnish the excellent reputation of the BBC and the wolves come out of the shadows to make themselves heard.

Link to this most triumphant of articles:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1081927/LITTLEJOHN-Were-mad-hell-DONT-mo...

Ok, so now Steve Penk has something to say about this; the man who's infamy stems from his own hey day of breakfast prank calls. Penk, be quiet. I've just seen you spouting a heatfelt tirade against our nation's funny men because the controller of BBC2, a gracious and hard working lady has lost her job. Maybe she was pushed (they won't admit this) or maybe she felt she had to go...who knows.
This happens in politics all the time, if face is lost someone, perhaps not even those to blame, have to go - career hari kari. What is boils down to is that people's sensibilities have been dented and now personnel seemingly detatchedm from the incident are going - if this was consitent throughout the public and political spere no one would ever have a job and Bush would be in gaol.
To conclude, Steve Penk keep your trap shut, you are just trying to help your ailing career, if you could only secure 1% of the publicity Brand and Ross are getting now you'd be phoning the Queen and telling her you and Harry had just spent a week on the nose bag and she needs to settle the bill.

Great article that sums up the feel of this whole ordeal. It makes me sad that people are passionate enough to complain about these rather mundane things - yet not make any noise about the financial bail out or the iraq war for example.

I think this was heavily driven by those who want to privatise or get rid of the BBC. Anything to tarnish it's name and reputation.

Jonathan Ross is to jokes, how you can ban him over a stupid prank call is ridiculous, ok it was abit offensive but come on get over it, now I have to go with no Friday Night With Jonathan Ross for 3 months!!!! They're having a giraffe!

I agree...complete non-story. Is Sachs a legend, for appearing in 12 episodes of a show? No. He's an old man, and it was poor taste, but it didn't all this. So Brand will go to a cable channel, Ross will apologise profusely and get his regular slot back...6 months later, nobody remembers a thing. Now THAT'S news.

Public service broadcasting - pandering to the public at large and trying not to offend anyone, there were 20thousand complaints but 2million people listened to the show, countless more watched on youtube, and me being one of them found it hilarious.
2million+ vs 20thousand
we win

Bush apparently won by 500 votes, this is a no contest.

Why don't we have the public dictate the PSB remit, we are the public therefore we should instigate debate and decide what best serves us. I'm going to start a vote right now, who thinks this has been blown out of proportion and agrees that it was, in fact, funny.?