Meghan is a D-list actress and Harry hasn’t even accomplished that much. They aren’t worth anybody’s attention… they aren’t important enough to insult. Clarkson thought he was punching up, which is always fair game, but he misjudged it and it turned out he was punching down. That’s what got him. If they were wearing crowns he could have pulled it off. But because they are commoners in the eyes of the public, he crossed a line. He is perhaps the most hyperbolic character in British media, so I don’t understand how or why anyone takes him seriously. But what he wrote wasn’t career-ending. He’s been slowing his career down for several years now, anyway. His career will continue to slow.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 7:45 AM Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: > It sounds like everyone's doing the contractual minimum with Clarkson > right now. Amazon had already ordered a third series of Clarkson's Farm, > and I suspect that'll go ahead. The Grand Tour just isn't what it once was, > and now it's reported that a celebrity run of Who Wants to be a Millionaire > which was due to be recorded next month has been cancelled. The regular > series is still going to be taped. I would not be surprised if ITV rests > the format and finds a new host. > > For all his weak apologies, the truth is that outside the UK, the public > is behind Harry and Meghan, and there's no reason for Amazon to want to be > working with someone who's taken the other side. The reason that column got > published, unfortunately, is because the popular press here in the UK is > still very much Team Monarchy and doesn't like Harry and Meghan. > > I've said before, that personally I couldn't give a damn about any of > them, but that doesn't mean I *hate* the two of them. Honestly, good luck > to them with whatever they do. I have no interest. But I do care about > popular newspapers behaving so callously towards anyone. That column got > published despite a sub-editor and quite probably a senior editor seeing it > first and thinking, "Yup - that's fine." Because the UK popular press is > virulent against them. They have published pages and pages on the book and > the Netflix show. > > In fact, beyond the tabloid press readership, I suspect that many others > in the UK are either with the pair, or like me, don't care. > > BTW, the paper that really hates them the most is the Daily Mail. Yet, > that's only the *printed* version. What you need to understand is that, > despite sharing a title and ownership, the online version of the Mail is > almost entirely unrelated to the print version. They target different > people, and they don't share the same world view. The site is very > profitable in the US, and they know that the younger readership there *likes > *Harry and Meghan. So the site treads carefully. On the other hand, the > print paper in the UK is read largely by a much older audience, and they're > completely different. It's a media form of cognitive dissonance. > > > Adam > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 9:07 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> They are averaging one episode of Grand Tour every 18 months or so… the >> writing was already on the wall. >> >> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 12:52 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> A virtual presser for *Clarkson's Farm* was called off, after a new >>> apology from the host on IG, and a Variety report that *The Grand Tour* will >>> also end after the coming season... he also revealed in the post he'd >>> emailed Harry and Meghan to personally apologize Christmas morning... >>> >>> >>> https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/jeremy-clarkson-amazon-grand-tour-canceled-1235490701/ >>> (link) >>> >>> B >>> >>> Kevin M, to Tom Wolper, PGage and moi, also on Dec 25th 2022: >>> I believe it was revealed the last time Clarkson had to apologize for an >>> article he wrote that his contract stipulates they cannot refuse to publish >>> one of his articles without paying a substantial penalty >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b52cf71f-7f7d-4d7d-92ee-1be7b43b64ban%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b52cf71f-7f7d-4d7d-92ee-1be7b43b64ban%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. 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