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Granted it certainly wasn't a professional thing to do, and somebody of his calibre ought to know better with his experience of live telly.
However I did find the incident amusing, especially in the context of his and Simon's customary banter-- but I can see why people may take issue with this particular incident.
Given that Tomasz is a popular presenter (TRIC award, cult following, dozens of visitors daily to my blog), it's inenvitable that a backlash will thence occur-- ever aided and abetted with glee by sundry insecure fire-and-brimstone types (there's an irony in posting things such as "Tomas [sic] is an attention-seeking loose cannon"; besides getting attention is part of the job anyway, preferably without swearing though!). Predictably the anti-BBC outlets have had a field day, namely the Daily Wail, Telegraph and Sky. Although the Daily Mail tried stirring it when posed for Attitude wearing just shorts [gasp!]; but as we know the Daily Mail has a vindictive streak with people of Tomasz's inclinations, if you follow.
I wouldn't condone what he did, but he's not the first (and won't be the last) to something like that. Anthony H Wilson unwittingly had a foul-mouth rant live on Granada Reports, and went to successfully present for BBC NW/Manchester. I can think of at least three Loose Women presenters who've sworn live on said show, and they continue on the programme-- and LW continues to be a success.
He shouldn't get away scot-free with this, but I hope he doesn't get draconinian treatment for it . He looked genuinely mortified when the camera cut to him, it was accident (albeit careless one) and he doesn't make a habit of it on-camera-- he's good at his job otherwise.
I wonder if the lesser known presenters would have been subjected to this storm-in-teacup-- I think they can (and probably do) get away it more. Last I looked, the incident just garned seven complaints with Beeb, nobody complained to Ofcom. Ultimately There are worse things going off in the world to be geuninely outraged about, to paraphrase the old saying: One charismatic weather-present slips up on telly, a scandal-- daily Third World death toll a statistic.
I just hope he learnt his lesson. A suitable punishment would be for me to slap his legs, or for him to present the weather without clothes
However I did find the incident amusing, especially in the context of his and Simon's customary banter-- but I can see why people may take issue with this particular incident.
Given that Tomasz is a popular presenter (TRIC award, cult following, dozens of visitors daily to my blog), it's inenvitable that a backlash will thence occur-- ever aided and abetted with glee by sundry insecure fire-and-brimstone types (there's an irony in posting things such as "Tomas [sic] is an attention-seeking loose cannon"; besides getting attention is part of the job anyway, preferably without swearing though!). Predictably the anti-BBC outlets have had a field day, namely the Daily Wail, Telegraph and Sky. Although the Daily Mail tried stirring it when posed for Attitude wearing just shorts [gasp!]; but as we know the Daily Mail has a vindictive streak with people of Tomasz's inclinations, if you follow.
I wouldn't condone what he did, but he's not the first (and won't be the last) to something like that. Anthony H Wilson unwittingly had a foul-mouth rant live on Granada Reports, and went to successfully present for BBC NW/Manchester. I can think of at least three Loose Women presenters who've sworn live on said show, and they continue on the programme-- and LW continues to be a success.
He shouldn't get away scot-free with this, but I hope he doesn't get draconinian treatment for it . He looked genuinely mortified when the camera cut to him, it was accident (albeit careless one) and he doesn't make a habit of it on-camera-- he's good at his job otherwise.
I wonder if the lesser known presenters would have been subjected to this storm-in-teacup-- I think they can (and probably do) get away it more. Last I looked, the incident just garned seven complaints with Beeb, nobody complained to Ofcom. Ultimately There are worse things going off in the world to be geuninely outraged about, to paraphrase the old saying: One charismatic weather-present slips up on telly, a scandal-- daily Third World death toll a statistic.
I just hope he learnt his lesson. A suitable punishment would be for me to slap his legs, or for him to present the weather without clothes
Last edited by Roger Mellie on 17 August 2010 8:16pm
I was thinking more along the lines of Jan Moir/Stephen Gateley, I'm being wary of spelling it out, in case lawyers take issue...