This incident is usually misrepresented by popular commentators and politicians as an example of Cnut's arrogance.
After retirement, he has been a popular, if sometimes controversial commentator, both on TV and in print.
His ratings were initially fueled by his campaign contribution controversy, but he still remains a popular commentator among conservatives.
Puchkov became a popular commentator among the Quake community, but he remained virtually unknown of otherwise.
Two popular commentators in particular came to Bean's attention.
He was also a popular commentator for Football matches both on radio and television.
Freeman is popular commentator on labor history on radio and television.
He was a popular commentator on radio, and once had the distinction of having a scheduled broadcast censored.
He was a very popular commentator on both radio and television with his great mate Jack Dyer.
Arlott was a popular commentator partly because of his gift for poetic phraseology.