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Old 10-03-2023, 18:35   #1
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Cancel culture at the BBC

What's happened to free speech? Seems you can be a politician with your own news TV show but a natural history boffin can't talk about the decline of the countryside for fear of upsetting snowflakes.
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BBC 'decide to NOT broadcast David Attenborough episode over rightwing backlash fears'

The BBC have reportedly decided to not broadcast an episode of David Attenborough's new series over fears it would spark a backlash from Tory politicians and the rightwing press.

The new series on British wildlife will not be shown as it fears themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash.

The highly anticipated series will focus on the Wild Isles, showing the beauty of nature in the British Isles.

Narrated by David Attenborough, the series will include five episodes and will be first broadcast on Sunday on BBC One.

The sixth episode, which has been filmed, is understood to take a look at the losses of nature in the UK.

It will examine what caused the declines and also include examples of rewilding.
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Re: Cancel culture at the BBC

Indeed what has happened to free speech as they are now trying to muzzle Gary Lineker.
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Indeed what has happened to free speech as they are now trying to muzzle Gary Lineker.
Free speech has no place in the new Brexit Britain. Think like us or be silenced..... Gary might be right about us going back to 1930s Germany.

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Re: Cancel culture at the BBC

The Radio Times(page 17) says it's 5 episodes only, with a sixth AVAILABLE on iPlayer. It's stated because of "BBC editorial policy constraints". I suppose because it's opinion only.
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Re: Cancel culture at the BBC

The BBC have a even bigger crisis on their hands tonight with Alan Shearer and Ian Wright deciding to not appear on MOTD tomorrow.
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Re: Cancel culture at the BBC

The Attenborough headline is misleading. The series was commissioned by the BBC as a 5-part series and all of those will be shown. Two charities then commissioned another episode from the same production company based around the series and the BBC later picked that up as well. There might be a debate on if that one-off special should be on broadcast television but it's not as simple as the BBC 'pulling' an episode.

But the Gary Linker thing is completely pathetic. He isn't BBC News, he stated his opinion on his personal Twitter feed. Complete overaction and pandering to a few outraged idiots. I don't think his Tweet was very smart - comparing things to the Nazis is often silly - but it's not a reason to force him to step down from presenting a sports program.
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Free speech has no place in the new Brexit Britain.
Are you trying to imply this is the fault of Brexit, or just generally being an ass again ?

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But the Gary Linker thing is completely pathetic. He isn't BBC News, he stated his opinion on his personal Twitter feed. Complete overaction and pandering to a few outraged idiots. I don't think his Tweet was very smart - comparing things to the Nazis is often silly - but it's not a reason to force him to step down from presenting a sports program.
Many companies have rules about what you can and cannot say on social media if its likely to damage the company reputation, and Im pretty sure the BBC recently said it was cracking down on this, so they had to take action.

Personally I just class him with many gobby "stars" who think just becasue they are famous they can post about politics. He should have stuck to football.
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Re: Cancel culture at the BBC

It's not simply about what he was talking about, it's the language used.
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It's not simply about what he was talking about, it's the language used.
Alan Sugar can spout carp without any comeback.

The BBC top guy is a big Tory donor . No bias there...
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Alan Sugar can spout carp without any comeback.

The BBC top guy is a big Tory donor . No bias there...
And what extreme language did he use?
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Lord Sugar, star of BBC show The Apprentice, said he had donated cash during previous campaigns.
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And what extreme language did he use?
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Corbyn was closer to one of Hitler's policies than Braverman's immigration policy. Also remember that Corbyn was a proven sympathiser with the terrorist's cause against Israel.
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Lord S, like so many with money, will back whoever brings in more for him at the time. Murdoch is another one who changes tune depending on how the wind is blowing.

As for the BBC, massive own goal in lots of ways. Might aswell make it another Govt dept.
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Lord S, like so many with money, will back whoever brings in more for him at the time. Murdoch is another one who changes tune depending on how the wind is blowing.

As for the BBC, massive own goal in lots of ways. Might aswell make it another Govt dept.
Sugar is Jewish. Corbyn is anti-semitic and led the Labour Party that Sugar had previously supported.

You just don't like rich people.
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Lord S, like so many with money, will back whoever brings in more for him at the time. Murdoch is another one who changes tune depending on how the wind is blowing.

As for the BBC, massive own goal in lots of ways. Might aswell make it another Govt dept.
Nonsense. He supported Labour until Corbyn took over.
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