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Daily Mirror
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Sport
Tom Blow

Sky Sports slam BBC for Gary Lineker hypocrisy with Alan Sugar and Jeremy Clarkson point

Sky Sports reporter Kaveh Solhekol has been praised on social media for making a valid point in the BBC's ongoing impartiality crisis involving popular presenter Gary Lineker.

The BBC forced Lineker to "step back" from presenting Match of the Day after the former England international criticised the government's new Illegal Migration Bill. He also questioned the language Conservative politicians have used towards refugees.

BBC chiefs have accused Lineker of breaching their impartiality guidelines, but the organisation did not penalise Alan Sugar, Andrew Neil and Jeremy Clarkson for expressing political opinions in years gone by. The BBC's chairman Richard Sharp is also a Tory donor.

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