article_snippet: Alan Yentob Alan Yentob was trying to rebut the allegation that the corporation caters only for the ‘metropolitan elite’.
article_snippet: BBC Alan Yentob has been mocked for using marketing speak to deny that the broadcaster was elitist describing working class people as 'C2s' and 'Ds' as Alan Yentob defended Jeremy Clarkson's sacking .
article_snippet: Alan Yentob comments quickly attracted the attention of social media users, who criticised the way Alan Yentob had described viewers .
article_snippet: Robert MacDonald, tweeted: 'Did Alan Yentob really just say 'lots of our programmes reach out to C2 Ds' (in rejecting BBC is for 'metropolitan elite')?'
article_snippet: However, Mr Yentob's comments backfired as viewers used social media to accuse Alan Yentob of arrogance and sounding
article_snippet: they accused Alan Yentob of using obscure jargon that only the metropolitan elite would understand, in a way that suggested that working class viewers are a niche audience.
article_snippet: John Hemming, Liberal Democrat MP for Birmingham Yardley, accused Alan Yentob of ‘arrogance’ which only confirmed Alan Yentob status as part of the metropolitan elite.
article_snippet: Twitter user Sacred Antinous wrote: 'Alan Yentob describes all those who aren't 'metropolitan elite' as C2DEs.
article_snippet: Apparently unaware of the irony, Alan Yentob responded:
article_snippet: Toby Wood said: 'Only metropolitan elite luvvies speak like Alan Yentob on @BBCNewsnight - Toby Wood's in more opaque bubble than Westminster politicians #Clarkson'
article_snippet: But Alan Yentob said director general Lord Hall felt Alan Yentob had no choice after the Top Gear star’s unprovoked physical and verbal attack on Alan Yentob producer.
highlights_snippet: 'C2, Ds'
  Twitter users said use of the terms showed that Alan Yentob was elitist .
  