Huw Edwards is wary about what he posts on social media in case it ruins his career.
Huw Edwards is wary about what he posts on social media in case it ruins his career
The ‘BBC News At Ten’ anchor has reacted to the Gary Lineker controversy - when the ‘Match of the Day’ presenter was suspended for critiquing the UK government’s approach to refugees - by being more “careful” about what puts on Twitter.
The 61-year-old broadcaster is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: “I have to be careful about what I say. I can’t be in a position where I’m straying into something political.
"So I do far less on social media than I used to. I don’t go on social media unless I’m careful … and that includes what you like and what you might retweet."
Huw admitted that he and his workmates used to be “very enthusiastic tweeters”, but they have now cut back on their use of the website.
He said: “I rowed back and lots of my colleagues have too. Lots of them were very enthusiastic tweeters at first, but they don’t tweet any more.”
The Tric Award winner acknowledged that people in his position were “right in the firing line” for everything you do and say due to the nature of the way the license fee funds the BBC.
Huw said: “BBC presenters are right in the firing line. People want to provoke you into saying something.”
The newsreader recently gave his social media followers a “reality check” when he shot down rumours he was departing the public broadcaster, amid a number of veterans leaving the BBC.
Along with a picture of him drinking some fizz with his mother Aerona, he wrote: “Reality check. A standard HR exercise by @BBCNews (one of many over the years) is just that. A standard invitation to consider applying for voluntary redundancy. Nothing more. As my mam says, don't believe everything in the papers.”
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