Football: BBC tells England great Gary Lineker to zip it politically, slashes his £1.75 million annual contract by 23%

September 15, 2020 8:50 PMLONDON (Reuters) - The BBC's top-earning personality, Gary Lineker, has agreed to use social media responsibly and taken a pay-cut as the British broadcaster's new boss seeks to maintain trust in the body, whose publicly-funded model has been questioned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.