KSI taunts BBC as reporters quit Match of the Day over freedom of speech row
UK-based YouTuber JJ "KSI" added his voice to the conversation after several BBC presenters refused to host the network's flagship football highlights program, Match of the Day (MOTD), in protest of the removal of Gary Lineker. Lineker was taken off the show after making a politically charged statement against the UK government.
Former footballer Alan Shearer and MOTD regular Ian Wright made their sentiments public by announcing on Twitter that they would not be appearing on the scheduled Sunday morning program of Match of the Day:
Parodying their tweets, KSI wrote:
While not known for his political commentary, KSI decided to troll the BBC by parodying the public statements made by Alan Shearer and Ian Wright. Despite his lack of political expertise, KSI's tweet received a lot of attention and engagement on social media.
Hasan "HasanAbi," a popular content creator and political commentator, used his platform on Twitter to call out what he saw as hypocrisy on the part of the BBC.
He highlighted a tweet that showed the network had previously urged Gary Lineker to speak out against human rights violations in Qatar during the World Cup but suspended him after he commented on the UK government's anti-immigration law. He sardonically wrote:
Naturally, both KSI and HasanAbi's tweets generated a slew of reactions. Here are some of them:
Fans of Hasan were more politically inclined:
The story of former England striker Gary Lineker has been making headlines in British media since yesterday. The UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, recently released a video detailing the government's plans to prevent boats from crossing the English Channel, which Lineker criticized.
He also took to Twitter and likened the government's policies to those of
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