tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post3954241083386733190..comments2024-01-25T11:14:39.042+00:00Comments on maniacmum: Boys will be boysJane Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-44770828744063921742008-11-05T15:37:00.000+00:002008-11-05T15:37:00.000+00:00I'm afraid that the failure of Russell Brand's lis...I'm afraid that the failure of Russell Brand's listeners to complain <I>en masse</I> at the time of the original broadcast is more a comment on the depressing lack of common decency among the majority of his audience. Of course some may have known that the BBC are not inclined to take such complaints seriously anyway and decided to save themselves the cost of a call, voting with the 'off' switch instead.<BR/><BR/>In the end it is an irrelevance whether anyone complained at all, since it was the messages themselves that were so utterly offensive. It would not have excused Brand or Ross even if the calls had been edited from the transmission, although that would at least have brought the BBC out of the affair with some credit.<BR/><BR/>Like you, I have enjoyed JR's Saturday morning show over some years now and will miss it. Nevertheless, I think the BBC should have sacked the two of them and the senior editor who signed off the broadcast as well.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464069586293077271noreply@blogger.com