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alianoralacanta · 1 year

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Just read the news about Matteo Bobbi and Davide Valsecchi getting suspended due to a sustained exchange of sexist comments in the Sky Italia post-Spanish Grand Prix chat. I am very disappointed in them and had thought that they’d know better. How, exactly, does one keep a broadcasting job for 10 years and still think it’s a good idea to continue exchanging such quips after being told off about them on air?!? That’s not simply a human decency issue, that’s a professional competence issue! Speaking of which, well done to Frederica Masolin (the other pundit on screen) for adroitly handling their combined folly. Her comment is the only one I will repeat here: She told the pair to ‘be careful’ but as the joke continued added: ‘Can we watch some interviews instead of these two? Let’s hear from Carlos Sainz, please. I’m going to censure you two.’

#f1 #sky italia #davide valsecchi #matteo bobbi #one can respect someone's commentary talent and still note that person is terrible at other parts of their job #and respecting women - and every other gender - is everyone's job #I know motorsport is no bastion of equity-based thinking #apart from financial equities of course #but the last two weeks have really brought home that even apparently decent people still think like it's the early 1970s #but the people who were teenagers then are now mostly pensioners #I know some paddock people will need a Red Bull to catch up but they should at least make an effort #not sure whether this warrants the disappointed but not surprised meme #or the my expectations of you were low but what meme

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