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Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 11:04 - Jan 27 by Lohengrin
The funniest case of mistaken identity by the BBC has to be back in the early ‘80s when Dexys were performing Jackie Wilson Said on Top of the Pops in front of a projected backdrop of Jockie Wilson!
Actually, no. Kevin Rowland has admitted asking for the backdrop of Jocky as a joke. (And it was very funny )
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Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 11:19 - Jan 27 with 1354 views
Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 08:54 - Jan 27 by MrSwerve
Yeah, I cringed when they were showing LeBron James in the segment instead of Kobe.
I’m a bit surprised that some haven’t heard of him. He’s one of the greatest basketball players of all time...and it’s a growing sport in the UK. The NBA is certainly well supported here.
This is akin to someone like Tiger Woods dying.
To Americans who follow basketball, of course. I’m British and I swear I’d never heard of him until this tragedy.
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Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 11:22 - Jan 27 with 1347 views
Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 10:49 - Jan 27 by Darran
lol
Mike attacks the BBC for showing footage of LeBron James in a memorial package for Kobe Bryant: "If anybody else had done that they'd be accused of the worst form of racism. But the BBC can't be found guilty of that. They call it 'human error'. I call it a catastrophe."@iromgpic.twitter.com/fHQAj3HNHG
Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 08:54 - Jan 27 by MrSwerve
Yeah, I cringed when they were showing LeBron James in the segment instead of Kobe.
I’m a bit surprised that some haven’t heard of him. He’s one of the greatest basketball players of all time...and it’s a growing sport in the UK. The NBA is certainly well supported here.
This is akin to someone like Tiger Woods dying.
He’s probably better known over here for being a rapist rather than a basketball player.
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Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 11:31 - Jan 27 by jackrmee
Hardly racist though is it?
The implication is they couldn’t tell the difference between two black people and presumably they wouldn’t have made the same mistake if it was a white mega star.
In reality, it’s clumsy and unprofessional. It’s not racist. Human error is a fair summary, even though it’s a very embarrassing one.
Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 12:09 - Jan 27 by jack247
The implication is they couldn’t tell the difference between two black people and presumably they wouldn’t have made the same mistake if it was a white mega star.
In reality, it’s clumsy and unprofessional. It’s not racist. Human error is a fair summary, even though it’s a very embarrassing one.
Tell me about it a girl came onto me in Swansea last week and asked if I was the fella that played Aquaman.
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Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 11:24 - Jan 27 by Lohengrin
Most I know would be as likely to be able to name him as they would the captain of the Ukrainian womens’ curling team.
The wall-to-wall press coverage here is completely baffling.
BBC News channel had the story on continuously from around 8.10 until 9.30 last night. No other news was mentioned apart from that. Truly staggering. The BBC news channel is shit now, should be renamed the American news channel. Sad that people have died but most people in the UK wouldn't even know who he is.
Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 15:25 - Jan 27 by WxmJax
BBC News channel had the story on continuously from around 8.10 until 9.30 last night. No other news was mentioned apart from that. Truly staggering. The BBC news channel is shit now, should be renamed the American news channel. Sad that people have died but most people in the UK wouldn't even know who he is.
Did they mention that time he raped someone?
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Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 15:21 - Jan 27 by jack_lord
Somehow I don't think that Gareth Edwards passing away in a crash would make headline news in USA. Why this is major news in UK is a bit strange.
Because Gareth Edwards isn’t a world renowned sport star. Whatever we think of basketball, it has a massive global audience and he was one of its biggest stars.
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Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 16:28 - Jan 27 with 1136 views
Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 15:41 - Jan 27 by jack247
Because Gareth Edwards isn’t a world renowned sport star. Whatever we think of basketball, it has a massive global audience and he was one of its biggest stars.
I agree that the revered Mr Edwards isn't globally recognised and it will, possibly be headline news in Wales when his time comes but whatever we think of basketball is important. I lived in USA and can understand how they may feel and also that it may be a major sport in a few countries with a big audience but I guess most of us could probably reel off a handful of Basketball players.
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Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 16:28 - Jan 27 by jack_lord
I agree that the revered Mr Edwards isn't globally recognised and it will, possibly be headline news in Wales when his time comes but whatever we think of basketball is important. I lived in USA and can understand how they may feel and also that it may be a major sport in a few countries with a big audience but I guess most of us could probably reel off a handful of Basketball players.
Lived in USA?
You couldn’t find your way to Florida ffs.
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Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 16:58 - Jan 27 by Darran
Lived in USA?
You couldn’t find your way to Florida ffs.
Ha, I lived in New York and I even drove to Florida on a great round trip that took in Philadelphia, Washington DC down to Florida, over to New Orleans up to Tennessee. A few other places before back to NYC. That was a good while back though and I prefer American Football to basketball and could only mention a few players of that sport too.
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Kobe Bryant Rest In Peace on 15:41 - Jan 27 by jack247
Because Gareth Edwards isn’t a world renowned sport star. Whatever we think of basketball, it has a massive global audience and he was one of its biggest stars.
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