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Jeremy Clarkson blames Twitter and The Sunday Times paywall for LGBT comments backlash

on Feb 1, 2016 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson claimed it is Twitter’s fault the LGBT community revolted in response to comments he made on transgender issues in his Sunday Times column.

Clarkson’s Sunday Times column on transgender issues mobilised the LGBT community and supporters on Twitter who were none-too-pleased with the tone of the article.

Clarkson cited the Sunday Times paywall, tempered with incomplete coverage from other media outlets, as the source of the backlash.

Comments such as the following paragraph angered many readers: “As far as I was concerned, men who want to be women were only really to be Read full story ›

Source: The Drum