Commentator Vladimir Ivanitsky made an offensive remark live during the sambo competitions at the BRICS Games. Sambo wrestler Kirill Knyazkov called the sambo wrestler “a representative of the Russians” and a “real groom” during his appearance on stage, but added that “there is no need for jerks.”
“He’s a handsome athlete, look at him. The groom is real. 20 years in total. Girls, take notes. But just to make a good couple. We don’t need all kinds of nonsense, we need to have good genetics. “Here comes a representative of the Russians,” said the commentator.
Part of the broadcast instantly spread across social networks and Telegram channels. Many condemned Ivanitsky’s action, and wrestler Knyazkov did not appreciate it either.
“I took that comment negatively. “I have a girlfriend,” he told the publication. “To climb”.
Match TV management suspended the commentator from work following the incident. Channel producer Alexander Tashchin said that the journalist “was not a full-time employee of the sub-holding and participated in martial arts competitions.”
“Unfortunately, despite his vast experience, Vladimir allowed himself to inappropriately express his opinions as part of his work at the BRICS Games, a competition in which we, as a federal sports channel, have invested a large financial, technical and creative amount. resources. It was decided to suspend Vladimir from further work at the BRICS Games. “I personally apologize to everyone who had to hear such statements on the air,” Tashchin wrote on his channel.
The commentator himself learned that he was suspended shortly before his next broadcast – the wrestling tournament at the BRICS Games, which was supposed to start at 18.00 Moscow time. In my conversation via Telegram plinth Ivanitsky stated that he did not agree with the removal from broadcast and accused the channel management of “leaking”.
“In the era of NTV+, journalists have never been leaked. They always adapt. “At that time, the pressure from social networks was not like it is now,” he said. The commentator also emphasized that he sees “women with low social responsibility” as “scum”.
While chatting with broadcast “To climb” He stated that he meant “aunts who hang themselves on good guys.”
“I was surprised by this interest. First of all, this is a live broadcast. Anything can happen live. I can’t imagine who I could hurt or offend with this. What happened, did the bastards get offended or something?” — Ivanitsky commented.
Vladimir Ivanitsky is an experienced and fairly well-known commentator in the world of wrestling, he has been working for many years and covers almost all types of martial arts, traveling around the country and the world, including working in various local tournaments in the Russian federal. districts. His father was Alexander Ivanitsky, the 1964 Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling.
“This will only benefit him.”
State Duma deputy, Turin 2006 Speed Skating Olympic champion Svetlana Zhurova, in a conversation with socialbites.ca, expressed the opinion that the ongoing discussion would benefit the commentator, but urged him to be more careful in his statements.
“In any case, it is true that a journalist should not say this without any connection with the names and events. We’ve made similar jokes on air before, which caused everyone to start discussing them. This is generally a plus for a journalist: his popularity is growing, people begin to read his blogs, saying that he is very interesting.
The more exaggerated this story is, the better off the journalist will be. Its popularity often increases when someone accidentally swears on air. Someone will say: What’s the big deal about this? If there is an argument, it will only benefit the journalist, and he understands this very well.
If this had been said at a football match, at a match, it would probably have been the same. But the BRICS Games are still a solid international tournament and such name-calling should not be given to anyone here. You need to be careful; this is a more formal platform where commentators may not have such freedoms. This is probably possible somewhere on the internet or at some football match. Although football commentators usually do not allow such a thing,” said the Olympic champion.
At the same time, Zhurova did not agree that some kind of apology from Ivanitsky was needed in this situation:
“Who should he apologize to? Did he insult anyone personally? He basically said it into the air. Some might say: I have no idea what this word is? They’ll go to the dictionary to study it.”
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Source: Gazeta
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