If anyone was to be fired this week I thought it would be golf analyst Peter Alliss (working for ABC), who attributed Tiger Woods' strong mental game at the British Open this last weekend to "his mother's Oriental influence." But surprisingly, no one made a peep.
I heard that too. I was thinking "say Asian, not Oriental, and you won't get in trouble!" But he's Peter Alliss of the BBC. No one is prejudiced at the BBC. </s>
yeah I know.
Add that to the fact that he's completely and totally wrong about Woods anyway.
I read this in the Washington Times yesterday:
"Legendary BBC broadcaster Peter Alliss crossed the line twice during yesterday's telecast. When Chris DiMarco left his approach to the 14th short in the heavy rough, Alliss made a clumsy reach at humor with this insensitive remark: "Oooh, mum must have just nipped out for a cup of tea."
Later in the telecast, as Tiger Woods was preparing to clean up the championship on the 18th green, the camera panned to Woods' wife and sister-in-law (twins Elin and Josefin Nordegren), and Alliss remarked with glee: "[Tiger's] in for a bit of a treat tonight."
It's hard to believe the BBC is the same network that apologized to its audience for airing Tiger Woods' comments at the Masters where he claimed he putted like a "spaz."
- when the cameras showed Mrs Woods, 'Tiger's in for a treat tonight' and
- when DiMarco hit into the rough on a hole 'Mum must have popped out for a cup of tea'.
This on the BBC which gave Tiger hell when he said he putted like a 'spaz' at Augusta earlier this year!