🔴 BBC shows Gary Lineker taking aim at Qatar's human rights record, instead of World Cup opening ceremony
Gary Lineker took aim at Qatar’s record on human rights as the BBC’s coverage of the 2022 World Cup began Gary Lineker opened the BBC’s coverage of Qatar 2022 by calling the tournament the “most controversialThe presenter had promised that the BBC’s broadcast from the curtain-raiser would be like a “mini-Panorama” spotlighting Qatar’s human rights record, homophobia and stadium labour conditions.
Those questions, Lineker said, included Qatar’s “treatment of migrant workers…many of whom lost their lives” building the stadium venues. Lineker himself has said he did not consider boycotting the event but, like the BBC, was there to “report not support” the event.
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