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| Major sponsor walks over war hero comments on The Circle (Australia) |
| 2012-03-02 |
| I haven't seen the show, but Negus is your basic sneering lefty TV journalist, who hopefully will be unemployable after this little incident TV show The Circle has lost one of its major sponsors following the furore over disparaging comments about VC recipient Ben Roberts-Smith. Swisse Vitamins has announced that it has quit the Channel 10 morning show. “Thank you to each and every one of you for contacting Swisse. We have spoken directly with Network Ten and have ended our association with The Circle,” Swisse posted on its Facebook site this afternoon. The move follows a firestorm of criticism aimed at Yumi Stynes and George Negus after they made offensive remarks about Corporal Roberts-Smith on The Circle. A photo of Roberts-Smith in a swimming pool was shown on-air, to which Stynes remarked: “He's going to dive down to the bottom of the pool to see if his brain is there." Negus questioned whether the war hero was “up to it in the sack”. The Circle’s Facebook site was flooded with complaints calling for the show to be axed. Swisse also received an avalanche of complaints - and has responded by withdrawing its sponsorship. “You have done the right thing,” a Swisse customer posted. Stynes and Negus later apologised for their remarks. Cpl Roberts-Smith later thanked the Australian public and the Australian Defence Force for their overwhelming support. |
| Posted by:Phil_B |