{"id":33559,"date":"2016-02-10T08:10:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T13:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andy-a-big-loss-to-bbc-but-he-crossed-the-line-by-going-public\/"},"modified":"2016-02-10T08:10:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T13:10:19","slug":"andy-a-big-loss-to-bbc-but-he-crossed-the-line-by-going-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andy-a-big-loss-to-bbc-but-he-crossed-the-line-by-going-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy a big loss to BBC, but he crossed the line by going public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Andy a big loss to BBC, but he crossed the line by going public<\/b><br \/>\nWhat are the issues thrown up by the Andy West case and did he really have to leave BBC Northern Ireland and seek a job elsewhere &#8230; In the run-up to the SPOTY ceremony in Belfast, Mr West, who is <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, wrote: &#8220;I am ashamed to work for the BBC when &#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=0714F74007574E47B8F786B784BFC84B&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.belfasttelegraph.co.uk%2Fopinion%2Fnews-analysis%2Fandy-a-big-loss-to-bbc-but-he-crossed-the-line-by-going-public-34438756.html&#038;c=gI91x5zf04AojaKAr7p9qsSXa48L4FadN05JySGhr7k&#038;mkt=en-us\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=0714F74007574E47B8F786B784BFC84B&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.belfasttelegraph.co.uk%2Fopinion%2Fnews-analysis%2Fandy-a-big-loss-to-bbc-but-he-crossed-the-line-by-going-public-34438756.html&#038;c=gI91x5zf04AojaKAr7p9qsSXa48L4FadN05JySGhr7k&#038;mkt=en-us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy a big loss to BBC, but he crossed the line by going public What are the issues thrown up by the Andy West case and did he really have to leave BBC Northern Ireland and seek a job elsewhere &#8230; In the run-up to the SPOTY ceremony in Belfast, Mr West, who is <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/andy-a-big-loss-to-bbc-but-he-crossed-the-line-by-going-public\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Andy a big loss to BBC, but he crossed the line by going public<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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