Alistair Stewart quits ITV over 'ape' social media quote

[longers]

ITN's Alastair Stewart steps down after social media 'errors of judgement'

The broadcaster steps down from ITV News following "errors of judgment".

www.bbc.co.uk

Unfortunate deployment of a Shakespeare quote has resulted in him quitting

 

[bol-uk]

 

[coollino]

Got caught drink-driving twice when he was presenter of Police, Camera, Action!

A legend lol

 

[bol-uk]

Got caught drink-driving twice when he was presenter of Police, Camera, Action!

A legend lol

lol Never knew that

 

[RomanReigns]

Who?

 

[PDAWG]

First Kobe now this, when will the bad news end

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

Kobe? Whats happened in Kobe? Another earthquake or something? I haven't seen anything on the news about any Japanese disasters.

 

[Barry Rathbone]

Never liked him, any story licking royal a-holes and his tongue was right out he was nothing more than a brainless talking head and now it seems racist.

 

[Yarrgh]

Mamba out Alistair. Mamba out.

 

[Tramps_mate]

ITN's Alastair Stewart steps down after social media 'errors of judgement'

The broadcaster steps down from ITV News following "errors of judgment".

www.bbc.co.uk

Unfortunate deployment of a Shakespeare quote has resulted in him quitting

What has he done?

 

[PDAWG]

What has he done?

Told Yank Kobe was a rapist

 

[Ring master]

What has he done?

Just replied to someone using a passage about "an angry ape" from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, [full quote and pic of person he replied to with quote via twitter]

 

[Davidoff]

Who’d have thought quoting Shakespeare on Twitter wouldn’t end well

 

[Ring master]

Who’d have thought quoting Shakespeare on Twitter wouldn’t end well

seems hes used the quote a few times over the years but the man hes replied to [on 13 Jan] if you check his timeline could not wait to moan by telling ITN and whoever else he could-seems the man did not like that he was losing some type of argument and the news reporter used the quote he did which the man took offence to

 

[the golden visionary]

Mamba out Alistair. Mamba out.

Sounds like an innuendo