BBC viewers cancel licence fee in anger after Lineker axed from Match of the Day

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“Shame on them. The BBC is not, in my view, impartial anymore” 📺 BBC viewers cancel licence fee in anger after Lineker axed from Match of the Day

March 11, 2023 10:28 am

One viewer, Simone Gordon, 42, from Lincoln, said: “I have felt for a while that there has been bias towards the Government shown by the BBC in its news coverage. The BBC has defended Bruce, stating she was voicing the context of domestic abuse allegations made towards Mr Johnson, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s father, and also claimed there “was no sixth episode” of Sir David’s Wild Isles.

And another posted: “Dear @BBC my TV licence has now been cancelled . You have demonstrated your complete impartiality and have misread the room #SolidarityWithGaryLineker #bbcqt #DefundTheBBC.”Angela Riley, an outdoor nursery manager from Edinburgh, Scotland, shared a Guardian article about the controversy surrounding Sir David’s documentary series on Twitter, stating: “That’s it – monthly TV Licence cancelled until further notice.

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