Talksport, a commercial sports and talk radio station based in London, has breached Ofcom's broadcasting code twice in the period covered by the regulator's latest bulletin (Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom). The station was criticised for allowing a "highly offensive" remark that linked gay people with paedophiles on its air. Presenter Mike Mendoza (left picture) said:"... paedophiles in general are the type of people that surely would not follow football…not many gay people to the best of my knowledge are great football fans." Talksport characterised the remark as "indefensible" and noted that Mendoza had been suspended for a week.
A second remark, this time calling homosexuality a "perversion", resulted in the station breaching the code for a second time. Presenter Garry Bushell (right picture) found the attack on gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell by anti-gay mobs in Moscow amusing (see previous posts here and here) and went on to say: "I would not go to another country and try and impose my views on them, it’s up to them what they do. I think there are a lot of things to put right in this country before you go around preaching the gospel of perversion." Talksport once again admitted that the comments were "unacceptable," but an attempted "off the cuff" defence was disregarded by Ofcom, which ruled that the remarks were "derogatory and offensive".
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