And so the sordid BrandRossgate (or should that be Manuelgate?) row steams on. The latest developments are the 12-week suspension of Jonathan Ross without pay and the resignation of the Radio 2 controller, Lesley Douglas, ending her 20 year career at the Beeb.
As rolling heads go, Douglas’s is quite a significant one. But every resignation that isn’t Ross’s just focuses more and more attention on his continued employment. Despite his suspension, people will ask – and quite reasonably – why others are taking the fall for the brash talk show host.
As always, it probably comes down to cash. Ross is the most expensive talent the BBC has, and one wonders whether he’s too expensive to get rid of. Whoever arranged his exorbitant pay deal should be another candidate for the chop.
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