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BBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move
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Skavau piefed.social Skavau@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-18
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Link: https://www.leicester.news/bbc-edits-out-pride-pins-on-university-challenge-in-orwellian-move/
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raman_klogius ani.social raman_klogius@ani.social
Joined: 2024-06-22
#2 · Quote Reply

Even George Orwell hated the BBC. Room 101 was a reference to the meeting room at the BBC.
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Obituarykidney lemmy.world Obituarykidney@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-04
#3 · Quote Reply

They also painted out a shirt that said "protect the dolls" on strictly, and cancelled drag race and other queer shows all in the last few months. BBC is swinging hard right pretty quick.
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alpine_jim piefed.social alpine_jim@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-07-12
#4 · Quote Reply

The same BBC who fired Robin Ince for showing compassion for victims in Palestine.
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ohulancutash feddit.uk ohulancutash@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-02-16
#5 · Quote Reply
Obituarykidney wrote:
They also painted out a shirt that said "protect the dolls" on strictly, and cancelled drag race and other queer shows all in the last few months. BBC is swinging hard right pretty quick.

They cancelled drag race because the producers hiked the fee up so they could put it on their own streamer instead.
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TheUnicornOfPerfidy feddit.uk TheUnicornOfPerfidy@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-12
#6 · Quote Reply
alpine_jim wrote:
The same BBC who fired Robin Ince for showing compassion for victims in Palestine.

You what? When did that happen? What the hell!
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alpine_jim piefed.social alpine_jim@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-07-12
#7 · Quote Reply
TheUnicornOfPerfidy wrote:
You what? When did that happen? What the hell!

https://thisweekculture.com/article/bbc-responds-to-complaints-over-robin-inces-departure/
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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-27
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alpine_jim wrote:
The same BBC who fired Robin Ince for showing compassion for victims in Palestine.

Fucking assholes
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jobbies lemmy.zip jobbies@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-21
#9 · Quote Reply

Fuckers. I for one am never paying the licence fee again.
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raman_klogius ani.social raman_klogius@ani.social
Joined: 2024-06-22
#10 · (edited) Quote Reply
jobbies wrote:
Fuckers. I for one am never paying the licence fee again.

NGL the prospect of buying a tv in the UK feels like a triple Jeopardy: first the smart tv spies on you, then three letter agents are presumably listening to you, finally the telly license funds BBC's ass kissing BS.
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