GB News' 'alternative' Match of The Day, which showed no football, has received more than 200 Ofcom complaints after viewers branded co-host Patrick Christys' comments as 'homophobic'.
Mark Dolan announced on Saturday: ‘We are the people’s channel, and the people need commentary, they need punditry, Match of the Day clocks in at seven million viewers a week, so if the BBC will not serve that audience then GB News with Mark Dolan tonight are happy to step in.He went on to explain how the show would actually work, considering GB News don’t have the rights to show football:
‘We won’t be able to show live or recorded footage of goals or anything like that. What we will have is top level punditry, so we will have an array of political-free footballers.’Lineker will be returning to MOTD this weekend over comments which viewers branded ‘homophobic’ after he mocked rainbow flags.
Talking about the match played between Leeds United and Brighton, Christys said: ‘Brighton, I’ve never been to. Though I imagine that Gary Lineker would quite like Brighton, because it’s full of rainbow flags and woke people.’The comments racked up 222 complaints to Ofcom, while many fans also expressed their frustration on Twitter.Christys’ comment sparked backlash and Ofcom complaints
TV critic Scott Bryan wrote: ‘By the way, the “alternative” MOTD on GB News last night criticising Brighton for having “rainbow flags” is homophobia. I can’t spin it any other way.’ ‘What the f**k is this TV show and why it allowed to be broadcast. Just spewing hate across the airwaves,’ another added.‘will focus on match action without presentation or punditry’, essentially just showing the football highlights.
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