This morning Nick Robinson made his debut as a presenter on the Today show. However, it was Robinson’s co-presenter James Naughtie who managed to make the news, after he turned the air blue during the broadcast. The Scottish presenter uttered a four letter expletive on air just before 7am after failing to realise he was on air.
While the BBC have since had to issue an apology, it appears that the corporation are also keen to wipe the incident from history altogether. The radio show is usually made available to listen to on demand on BBC iPlayer within minutes of the broadcast finishing. However, one day on and it is still nowhere to be seen, while today’s show has been uploaded:
Of course a by-product of any such cover up is that late listeners hoping to catch Robinson’s debut on the show will be left disappointed. Yet given that Naughtie — who is stepping down from the show later this year — is rumoured to have been pushed to leave in order to make way for Robinson, Mr S suspects that Naughtie may not be wholly dismayed by today’s incident after all.
Of course a by-product of any such cover up is that late listeners hoping to catch Robinson’s debut on the show will be left disappointed. Yet given that Naughtie — who is stepping down from the show later this year — is rumoured to have been pushed to leave in order to make way for Robinson, Mr S suspects that Naughtie may not be wholly dismayed by today’s incident after all.
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