BBC’s Lineker Deletes “Zionism Explained” Post With Rat Emoji After Huge Backlash – Guido Fawkes

BBC’s Lineker Deletes “Zionism Explained” Post With Rat Emoji After Huge Backlash

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Departing BBC football pundit Gary Lineker is in hot water over posting Instagram story from a pro-Palestine group, captioned: “Zionism explained in two minutes” alongside a rat emoji. Reposts of the story on X were slapped with a “hateful conduct” warning. He’s now deleted the post…

Lineker’s agent said: “Whilst viewing and reposting a video, Gary did not notice a rodent emoticon added by the author of the post. Although if he had, he would not have made any connection. The repost has been removed.” Co-conspirators can decide for themselves…

The Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “Lineker’s continued association with the BBC is untenable. He must go” while a spokesperson for the Board of Deputies of British Jews said they felt “the BBC should ask him to leave now rather than allowing him to dictate his own terms.” It’s not the first time Lineker has scored an own goal over his social media posts. “I’m a better broadcaster now“…