Adam Hills posted this on facebook earlier this morning.
So, the Jeremy Clarkson affair.
I made a point on twitter, that people have taken umbrage with, so I want to use more words to make that point.
Apparently Jeremy Clarkson has been involved in a “fracas” with a producer on Top Gear, so the BBC have suspended him, and the show.
Some people are defending him, with the #BringBackClarkson campaign.
Clearly, none of us know what happened. All I’m trying to say is – let’s not assume his guilt, but by the same token, let’s also not assume he is innocent.
His employers have taken action, probably for good reason, since Top Gear is one of their flagship shows, and it hurts them not to have it on air (although you also couldn’t buy the publicity it has created).
Demanding Clarkson’s return assumes he is being treated unfairly. But there is a possibility he threw a punch at a producer.
So, what to do?
Well, it makes a good story, so I’m guessing the press will have a great old time with it. One headline suggested I slammed Clarkson on twitter.
I didn’t really. I just wanted to say that demanding the return of someone who has been stood down for disciplinary reasons, suggests that celebrity is more important than good behaviour.
And as we have learned in the past, in so many different ways, that is never a good thing.