The British BBC has fired a well-known radio presenter, after he had commented on the birth of the latest offspring in the British Royal family with an image that shows a well dressed Couple with a chimpanzee in a suit.
Danny Baker had provided the image with the line “the Royal Baby leaves the hospital”. In view of the fact that the son of Prince Harry and Meghan African has American ancestors came to racism allegations.
presenter, Baker removed the image from his Twitter account and apologized for “possible associations” that could trigger it. The BBC this was not enough, they announced on Thursday, Baker’s dismissal as a presenter on Radio 5 Live. The Twitter message is contrary to the “values that we seek as a transmitter to embody”.
“Would have used it even for my child”
Baker criticized his dismissal. He would never come to mind that someone could bring to his Tweet with racism: “I would have used for any other royale birth, the same stupid image or for a child of Boris Johnson, or even for a child of my own. It is a funny picture,” he insisted.
ITV news presenter Charlene White has criticized the Twitter message as “unacceptable.” “An image set that shows a three-day-old Baby with mixed roots as a monkey and then claim it was a joke? The are old-fashioned prejudices and racism at its Finest”, they wrote.
Meghan and Harry had presented to her on Monday-born son Archie Harrison on Wednesday in Windsor to the Public.
(oli/sda)
Created: 09.05.2019, 15:35 PM
