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BBC broadcaster Danny Baker fired over tweet comparing royal baby to chimpanzee
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | May 9, 2019

Posted on 05/09/2019 4:25:04 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Broadcaster Danny Baker has been fired from his role at the BBC over a now-deleted tweet comparing Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's newborn son to a chimpanzee.

The widely-circulated post showed an image of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee wearing a hat and coat, alongside the caption: "Royal Baby leaves hospital".

The BBC Radio 5 Live broadcaster was accused of mocking the Duchess of Sussex's African-American heritage, with Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, who was born on Monday and will be seventh in line to the throne, becoming the first bi-racial British-American royal.

Following widespread criticism, Baker again took to Twitter in a bid to quell the controversy, apologising for the "gag" post.

"Sincere apologies for the stupid unthinking gag pic earlier," he wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bbc; chimpanzee; meghanmarkle; racism; royalbaby
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1 posted on 05/09/2019 4:25:04 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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Oops!!


2 posted on 05/09/2019 4:27:52 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

dumbass


3 posted on 05/09/2019 4:28:23 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have awinner)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Yeah tweet and Facebook yourself. Out of a job, out of a marriage, in jail.

Put your name and face for all to see then watch what happens.


4 posted on 05/09/2019 4:29:10 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sorry that’s funny.. and not because it’s racist.


5 posted on 05/09/2019 4:35:55 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Since few will read the article, he said his joke had no racist meaning, but since people were interpreting it that way, he would take it down. But that wasn’t enough for the BBC which threw him under the bus and fired him.


6 posted on 05/09/2019 4:38:51 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I thought it was a reference to Prince Charles and his big ears. The baby must resemble his grandfather.


7 posted on 05/09/2019 4:40:33 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
This is right up there with the story of the New York City sports radio guy some years ago who said Serena Williams had a better chance of posing nude for National Geographic than for Playboy.

LMAO.

8 posted on 05/09/2019 4:41:21 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.")
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To: HamiltonJay
Good, because it wasn’t racist.
9 posted on 05/09/2019 4:43:34 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: yldstrk

Should take anger management treatments, and become employed at WalMart UK, if treatments work.


10 posted on 05/09/2019 4:51:10 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

I don’t think he’s angry, he is an idiot


11 posted on 05/09/2019 4:53:20 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have awinner)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Monkeys don’t have big ears.


12 posted on 05/09/2019 4:53:52 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have awinner)
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Those who see racism in this certainly deserve that label.


13 posted on 05/09/2019 4:55:31 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

My Uncle Pat, ever the diplomatic sage, told my parents when I was born that I was all arms, legs and peter!

I’ve since added a rotund belly to the mix . . .


14 posted on 05/09/2019 4:56:18 AM PDT by BraveMan
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Understand, please, that for years, people have used that monkey thing as a slur. If he had photoshopped a little toddler wearing royal type clothing, that would have been funny. Monkey? No. It’s like the old saw about fruits and nuts in California. I put that on facebook and my California friend reacted adversely saying didn’t I know fruit was a slur on gay people. Which I had no clue about. But now that I do know, I surely will not make that mistake again.


15 posted on 05/09/2019 4:56:55 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have awinner)
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I don’t think he’s angry, he is an idiot


That is even worse. The anger might could have been managed.
16 posted on 05/09/2019 4:57:44 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell)
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To: Stravinsky

Those who see racism in this certainly deserve that label.

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Those who don’t are uninformed.


17 posted on 05/09/2019 4:57:45 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have awinner)
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All the chimpanzees I’ve seen on the internet have big ears.


18 posted on 05/09/2019 4:59:57 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: yldstrk

Darwin’s theory


19 posted on 05/09/2019 5:06:14 AM PDT by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The outrage is over the supposed racial aspect. That is the unforgiveable sin. Threatening them with harm would produce much less outrage.


20 posted on 05/09/2019 5:06:30 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Happy Ramadamadingong! double the number of virgins this month! Allahu snackbar.)
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