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Most of Sunday's beforehand pages bespeak the interaction of a time of disruption for sports programming astatine the BBC pursuing the determination to inquire Match of the Day big Gary Lineker to measurement aside. In its beforehand page, the Sunday Times reports that the broadcaster has "descended into chaos with its president facing renewed unit to resign". The insubstantial says Lineker's suspension from hosting Saturday's MOTD successful an impartiality enactment implicit his societal media usage "led to mutiny" arsenic galore presenters, pundits and commentators pulled retired successful solidarity.
The Mail connected Sunday says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has "dramatically intervened" successful the impartiality enactment betwixt shot prima Gary Lineker and the BBC. The insubstantial says the PM defended the asylum argumentation that the presenter criticised. The insubstantial calls the alteration to the BBC's sports programming docket connected Saturday a "day of unprecedented drama" amid an "astonishing unit mutiny".
The Observer says the Lineker enactment "threatens to topple BBC chiefs" arsenic good arsenic "derail parts of the government's arguable caller asylum policy". In its Sunday spread, the insubstantial reports that BBC Chairman Richard Sharp and the corporation's Director General Tim Davie "were some nether increasing unit to resign," arsenic starring sports and media personalities person continued to support the shot star's "right to criticise what helium regards arsenic racist connection utilized by ministers to beforehand their migration policy".
The Sunday Telegraph reports connected comments made by BBC Director General Tim Davie, who said helium would "absolutely not" beryllium resigning but admitted "this has been a pugnacious clip for the BBC". Interviewed by BBC News, Mr Davie apologised to licence interest payers aft a time of disruption for sports programming.
The Daily Star calls the BBC "a laughing stock" aft overmuch of the broadcaster's shot sum "was savaged by the Gary Lineker furore".
"BBC Sport blackout" is the Sunday Express' headline. The insubstantial says the BBC was "plunged into crisis... with apical shot shows forced disconnected air" - arsenic galore presenters, pundits and commentators decided to locomotion retired successful solidarity with Gary Lineker.
"BBC begs Gary to travel back" is the Sunday People's headline. As the enactment betwixt the shot prima and the BBC enters different day, the Sunday insubstantial reports connected the privation from BBC brag Tim Davie's privation for the instrumentality for "superb" Lineker.
The Sunday Mirror leads connected comments from Gary Lineker's son, George. The insubstantial says helium has described the enactment arsenic "hurtful" but says his begetter "won't spell backmost connected his word" and beryllium silenced.
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