BBC Appoints Former ITN Chief John Hardie to Conduct Social Media Guidance Review After Gary Lineker Controversy
variety.comNaman Ramachandran The BBC has appointed former CEO and editor-in-chief of ITN and executive VP at Walt Disney, John Hardie, to review how its social media guidance applies to freelancers.
The review, which was announced by BBC director general Tim Davie earlier this month, will start immediately and will be completed by the summer and any changes to the BBC’s social media guidance will then be published.
In early March, Lineker, commenting on the U.K. government’s controversial Illegal Migration Bill, tweeted, describing it as an “immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s.” Lineker, a former star soccer player and presenter on the “Match of the Day” soccer show.
was suspended by the BBC and then reinstated, raising questions about presenters’ acceptable use of social media. Hardie has also served as the chair of the Royal Television Society.
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