Jeremy Clarkson dropped from Top Gear, BBC confirms

[Angelus]

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Angelus said:
What a bunch of morons.

They're inflicting a massive hit on their wallet over a little punch (Boohoo a swollen lip is it?) and some swearing. Directed at an assistant producer no less. No offense to him, but he's a nobody in this equation. If it had been one of Clarkson's co-hosts or the head producer or something of that nature ya, you have a problem, but an assistant producer? Who the fuck cares? I'd have sooner replaced that guy than Clarkson.

So you believe that the UK government/people of the UK should pay this mans salary? An aggressive, racist man who committed a crime (again) and will do so again. He doesn't suit the BBC and would be better off with netflix or someone else.

You can point to probably at least half of anyone working on TV/movies/etc and find some dumb or offensive shit they did. If you're someone running a business faced with the decision of hiring any one of these people the only questions that matters are "Is it good for business? How does it affect our image?"

Well let's see. Clarkson (and his co-hosts who are also out without him) make Top Gear what it is, this is clear since in such a short time people started a petition with over a million signatures to bring him back. So....the people, BBC's fans love him, which means not only does keeping him on resonate with your audience, but you also know that you will not lose millions upon millions of dollars overhauling the show with new hosts. 

It's just that simple. You don't have to like the man personally, but they made a terrible business decision.