wearing a rainbow armband standing on the sidelines of the field in qatar. and i want to be clear, i think that's ok that she is doing that. she has a right to express herself. i wonder if a bbc sports reporter would have expressed solidarity with the uyghur muslims in china. so that was alex scott, who's part of the bbc sport team in qatar. roger, what did you make of that decision for alex scott to wear that and presumably to wear it with the agreement of her editors and producers? well, i think alex is great, and i can understand why she wants to do it. i think it was an editorial mistake by the bbc, because as soon as you let a presenter or a reporter paid by the bbc wear some sort of campaigning insignia, however well intentioned, in that case, you open a whole set of precedents about people wearing charity logos or campaigning logos for a whole set of other things. so i think the editors and producers should not have allowed that. i suppose the counter to that is there are some issues on which there are no two sides, that this is

Related Keywords

Bbc , Qatar , Right , Alex Scott , Sports Reporter , Solidarity , Rainbow Armband Standing , Sidelines , Muslims In China , The Field , Uyghur , Bbc Sport , Decision , Team , Part , Editors , Roger Mosey , Producers , Agreement , People , Mistake , Reporter , Set , Presenter , Charity Logos , Sort , Case , Precedents , Campaigning Insignia , Intentioned , Things , Issues , Counter , Logos , Sides , Campaigning , Two ,