IT was reassuring to see the story about the Match of the Day succession generate a bit of traction this week, what with much-loved legacy media institutions struggling for relevance.
Granted, most of the traction came from not-much-loved legacy media institutions, such as the Daily Mail and Richard Keys. The BBC’s decision to replace Gary Lineker with a triarchy of Mark Chapman, Gabby Logan and Kelly Cates was ideal fodder for the Mail, featuring as it did regular gear-grinders in Lineker, Beeb management, and suspected wokery.
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