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2 hours ago, Willie adie said:

is she only there to keep the BBC diversity compliance up?

It's becoming increasingly difficult to defend the idea that a male with her level of ability would have as good a career as she has.

Whether it's compliance or simply good PR for having a prominent female presenter, who knows? Maybe she just has the ear of someone important at the BBC and her face fits.

But it's a big leap to imagine a male presenter so lacking in basic skills making it as far as she has.

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2 hours ago, VincentGuerin said:

It's becoming increasingly difficult to defend the idea that a male with her level of ability would have as good a career as she has.

Whether it's compliance or simply good PR for having a prominent female presenter, who knows? Maybe she just has the ear of someone important at the BBC and her face fits.

But it's a big leap to imagine a male presenter so lacking in basic skills making it as far as she has.

Plenty of poor guys have made and continue to make a career from the BBC 

She’s just part of the old boy’s network (if you’ll forgive the pun)

 

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10 minutes ago, Clown Job said:

Plenty of poor guys have made and continue to make a career from the BBC 

She’s just part of the old boy’s network (if you’ll forgive the pun)

 

I don't dispute that. But she gets really high-profile (in BBC Scotland terms) work, and anyone with functioning eyes and ears can tell you she is appalling at the job.

I can't think of anyone as unsuited to the work that gets such consistently good work.

Currie isn't great, but I don't accept he's as bad. McIntyre is dreadful, but more in tone and style than functioning ability as a broadcaster. Plenty of the 'roving reporters' display a lack of broadcasting ability, but they don't get high-profile presenting gigs.

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The constant attempts by BBC Scotland employees to somehow seem endearing or cool by not knowing how competitions work is baffling. "Adding two to eight is so complicated, eh! Not sure if I worked that out correctly! How many teams are seeded again?"

Pathetic.

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It's becoming increasingly difficult to defend the idea that a male with her level of ability would have as good a career as she has.
Whether it's compliance or simply good PR for having a prominent female presenter, who knows? Maybe she just has the ear of someone important at the BBC and her face fits.
But it's a big leap to imagine a male presenter so lacking in basic skills making it as far as she has.
Really ?

They continue to have Chic on the exact same show who makes just as many gaffes as Lewis yet all the bile is aimed at Lewis. Chic Young should have been dropped years ago, he's a blabbering parody of himself (about 15 years ago).

Worse still than anything Jane Lewis arsed up yesterday was the commentator at St Johnston TWICE claimed score flashes elsewhere had put St Johnston in a position to go through when they were (and had been since QoS went ahead) 3rd in their group. It was so obvious both times that his error had been pointed out to him due to the 5 seconds or so of silence followed by a mumbling correction.
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On 24/07/2022 at 12:13, Clown Job said:

Plenty of poor guys have made and continue to make a career from the BBC 

She’s just part of the old boy’s network (if you’ll forgive the pun)

 

Yes, and this thread has 800+ pages of folk pointing out how bad "Chic", "Biscuits", Wullie and Pat Bonner et al. are.  Chic is the worst for me - because he is supposed to be a vastly experienced reporter and isn't even an ex-player, so there's no excuse at all for the drivel he spouts and all the mistakes he makes.  Plus, I've never forgiven him for promising to retire and then not doing it.

Jane Lewis deserves plenty of criticism - not because she's female, but because her job is to host the program and yet she is clearly incapable of stringing a coherent sentence together despite having been a professional sports presenter for many years.  I remember being surprised when she popped up on the BBC years ago, because she was so amateurish on STV. 

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On 24/07/2022 at 14:02, Billy Jean King said:

Really ?

They continue to have Chic on the exact same show who makes just as many gaffes as Lewis yet all the bile is aimed at Lewis. Chic Young should have been dropped years ago, he's a blabbering parody of himself (about 15 years ago).

Worse still than anything Jane Lewis arsed up yesterday was the commentator at St Johnston TWICE claimed score flashes elsewhere had put St Johnston in a position to go through when they were (and had been since QoS went ahead) 3rd in their group. It was so obvious both times that his error had been pointed out to him due to the 5 seconds or so of silence followed by a mumbling correction.

Chic doesnt present the show.  Hes one of the dunderhead reporters.  She actually presents the show. 

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