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Richard Keys and Andy Gray's sexist jibes too hot for the Sun

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Andy Gray ... inspired Alan Partridge impression. Photograph: David Cheskin/Empics

No end of coverage in today's papers about Sky Sports presenters Richard Keys and Andy Gray's sexist jibes at the weekend. Here's a sample. Gray: "Why is there a female linesman? Sombody's fucked up big." Keys: "The game's gone mad. See charming Karren Brady this morning complaining about sexism? Yeah. Do me a favour love." Alan Partridge couldn't have put it any better. Except – strange to report – there is no mention of the incident in today's Sun. Not a sausage. Cooked by a woman knowing her place in the kitchen or anyone else. No word on whether this has anything to do with Sun parent News Corporation being a 39.1% shareholder in BSkyB, home of Sky Sports. Unlike the Times, which put the story on the front page, the Sun's coverage is restricted to a few less than serious paragraphs on its website. "Yesterday an insider at the telly station's west London HQ said the pair were a 'bit embarrassed'." Chances are their critics will be hoping for a bit more than that.

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