A man of principle.
Colin Murray has resigned from his position as morning show presenter on talkSPORT, citing the recent change in ownership of the radio station and the “inevitable future working relationship between talkSPORT and The Sun.”
The radio station has being bought by News Corp, the media group that owns The Sun. The British tabloid printed erroneous reports about the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.
Northern Irishman Murray is a lifelong Liverpool fan, and sees the merger as making his position untenable.
Murray released a statement on Wednesday afternoon:
Leaving talkSPORT. pic.twitter.com/vdAMsU94qB
— colin murray (@ColinMurray) July 13, 2016
The former Match of the Day 2 presenter is the second high-profile departure from the radio station in recent days.
Stan Collymore, who has worked for talkSPORT for the past eight years, announced on Tuesday that his contract hasn’t been renewed. Some are speculating that the former Liverpool striker’s departure was no coincidence.
Well, @StanCollymore calls for the @TheSun to be shut down Re:Hillsborough. Then Murdoch buys @talkSPORT then this.. pic.twitter.com/waHlG67NVq
— David Ziggy Greene (Illustrator?) (@SaHreports) July 12, 2016
Collymore, and others on Twitter, supported Murray’s decision to resign.
https://twitter.com/StanCollymore/status/753217087007580160
https://twitter.com/SuperBlue623/status/753222347293859840
Wouldn't say I'm a fan of Colin Murray but his show was listenable. A noble gesture from him today.
— Karl (@TheCenci) July 13, 2016
MASSIVE gesture from Colin Murray showing the depth of feeling towards the boycotted S*n newspaper. #dontbuythesun https://t.co/U9wSowbdld
— Jim Boardman (@JimBoardman) July 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheMediaTweets/status/753221097059999744
Important decision by Colin Murray. #JFT96 https://t.co/B07ZNupT3G
— This Is Anfield (@thisisanfield) July 13, 2016
Last RT – Huge respect to @ColinMurray. His show was consistently excellent, will no doubt be snapped up by another station soon enough.
— Sachin Nakrani (@SachinNakrani) July 13, 2016
