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Article: BBC in firing line over Thatcher sacking
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- February 5, 2009
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CAROL Thatcher emerged last night as an unlikely rallying point
for freedom of speech, after the former prime minister's daughter
was axed by the BBC for referring to a tennis player as a
"golliwog".
The corporation was facing a backlash following its decision to
remove Ms Thatcher from the BBC's The One Show for the off-air
remark.
Earlier this week, the corporation ditched her and announced
that, in the wake of the row, it had "no plans" to use her again in
her regular presenting slot.
But a growing list of politicians, lawyers and media experts
attacked the BBC, accusing it of overstepping the mark and making
her a scapegoat in an era of burgeoning political correctness.
Friends of Ms ...