#british media

[jackoshadows]

BBC edits out calls for Gaza ceasefire at Scottish Bafta awards

THE BBC has edited out multiple calls for a ceasefire in Gaza from the Scottish Bafta Awards ceremony – including the presentation of an entire award.

Winners and presenters used their appearances on stage to voice solidarity with Palestinians during the event in Glasgow on Sunday evening and noticed edits on the BBC iPlayer's coverage.

One award presentation and speech by winners referencing calls for a ceasefire has been completely removed from the ceremony coverage, while no other award was cut.

Director Eilidh Munro, who won the award for best Short Film and Animation, told guests to “put pressure on institutions and our government” and to “use your voice as filmmakers and artists” while her colleague Finlay Pretsell held up one of the posters which said: “I refuse to be silent. Ceasefire now.”

The speech was seen by viewers on the livestream produced by Bafta Scotland on Sunday and shared widely online but the entire award-giving has been removed from the BBC iPlayer’s edit.

Munro told The National: "It is deeply concerning that the BBC decided to cut the entire segment of our award acceptance speech from their coverage of the Bafta Scotland Awards.

"October was the deadliest month for Palestinian journalists and filmmakers in the last 30 years and the scale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the region is horrific.

"Awards ceremonies have always been a platform to express solidarity and humanity, and we wanted to use this opportunity as filmmakers to call for peace. For the BBC to cut this, as well as actor Amir El-Masry’s appeal to a ceasefire, is simply shocking.

"It is also somewhat surreal that an event which celebrates artists and filmmakers for using their voices and creating work to speak out against injustice can also be censored.

"In my opinion, the BBC’s editorial decision to omit these peaceful signs of solidarity is neither neutral nor impartial.

#BBC #BAFTA #Scottish Bafta #Gaza #Ceasefire #Palestine #British Media

[sbrown82]

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#meghan markle #duchess of sussex #black women #racism #misogynoir #anti black racism #hate #biracial #mixed race #british royal family #kate middleton #white women #missing white woman syndrome #prince harry #prince william #brf #british media #harassment #bullying #sbrown82

[cardiganloser]

british twitter continues to be fucking vile to meghan markle bc she came to the queen's funeral and showed support to her husband. #GoHomeMeghanMarkle was all over the trending page. that poor woman will never see peace from british media and i have nothing but sympathy for her. british tabloids treated her like shit so she left the establishment and was painted as a manipulative villain who dragged harry along bc god forbid he make his own choice to support his wife as an adult after his mother was literally killed by papparazzi, then she opened up about her mental health struggles and racial abuse at the hands of the royal family and was painted as an attention seeker. she deserves sm better.

#meghan markle #prince harry #the royal family #british media #not a royalist but holy fuck this poor woman #she has nothing but my respect after all the shit she's been dragged through

[femmedefandom]

to all the people that are upset that Harry and Meghan left because they were harassed in the search for photos, videos, and a story only for them to release photos, videos, and a story themselves on Netflix: the need for privacy does not mean the desire to be a hermit. there is a massive difference between someone stalking you and your family for a shot, and you and your family carefully deciding what you are comfortable sharing. it makes sense to take photos at public events, but it’s insane to invade daily lives. the fact that people are not getting how what the paparazzi do is abuse is surprising to me.

#harry and meghan #uk royal family #british media #netflix #duke of sussex #duchess of sussex #prince harry #meghan markle

[heir-less]

What’s your latest post about? Andrew?

No, it's about Phillip Schofield, who was recently let go from ITV because of his work "relationship" with a 19-year-old boy. The media is being nice and calling it an "affair", but it's clear Schofield has been an open secret for years and they're only now trying to address it.

He's currently invoking everything from Caroline Flack to Piers Morgan to talk about how the reaction to his ousting has been toxic. It's pretty gross because he's acting as if he's an innocent victim and not, you know, someone who got caught fucking a teenager at sixty.

The irony gets stronger once you look up Schofield's opinions about Meghan. Seems he was a big fan of media harassment less than a year ago. He wasn't one of Meghan's greatest harassers (for example, he called out Jeremy Clarkson) but he did bemoan her and tell her to shut up enough times for it to be hilariously ironic.

#answered #anonymous #british media

[bottlesandbarricades]

I am wheezing over this whole cover. The puns. The fucking imagery.

#british politics #uk politics #liz truss #fuck the tories #lettuce liz truss #tory britain #the tory party #the tories #the conservative party #british media

[freja-with-a-j]

This is what people mean by British public opinion 💀💀💀

They did prince Harry DIRTY 💀💀💀

#books and reading #best books #books & libraries #book quotes #book blog #booktok #book tour #book memes #gender neutral reader #readersofinstagram #omniscient reader's viewpoint #british invasion #made in the british isles #british media #help my brain #british memes #megan markle #prince harry #royal family #slander #wh smith

[sashabeauty87]

This is what you call obsession and unprofessional conduct! The British Media is so hung up on Harry and Meghan and what they’re doing in America that they don't care about damaging their credibility.

#british media #prince harry #duke of sussex #meghan markle #duchess of sussex #british royal family

[ayeforscotland]

This country is not well.

#ayeforscotland #british politics #uk politics #British media

[prayandcoolyouranxiety]

#free palestine #british media #bbc #houthis #yemen #us military #uk military

[feckcops]

Transphobia in the UK is rapidly escalating – this could lead somewhere horrifying

Listening to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning, as I’m embarrassed to admit I sometimes still do, something in the last segment shocked me to attention. In a segment interviewing a professional chess player, the presenter Justin Webb said: “sex matters in so many areas of life, doesn’t it? And it seems it matters in chess, at least the World Chess Federation [sic] have banned trans women – in other words, males – from contesting in the female categories in chess.”

Not only is this equation of trans women to males deeply offensive, it is also plain wrong. Trans women are by definition women, i.e. female. They are not males. When Webb’s interviewee didn’t take the bait, arguing it's not really for a man like himself to adjudicate on these matters, Webb scoffed and goaded him. This supposedly neutral BBC presenter was audibly frustrated by his interviewee's answer.

I’m not surprised to hear casual unchallenged transphobia on the BBC. I’m certainly not surprised to hear it from Justin Webb, one of the most virulently transphobic presenters on air, who was last year rebuked by the BBC for inaccurately labelling as "false" accusations of transphobia against Kathleen Stock. What is surprising is the nature and extent of this transphobia, which has become far more open and pervasive in the last few years. It does come as a surprise that a leading presenter at the BBC feels emboldened to make such an openly outright transphobic statement as “trans women are males” – after claiming “sex matters, doesn’t it?” in the lead-up to his question.

Not long ago, a BBC presenter would never have made such an incendiary, biased statement. BBC staff were conscious of the acceptable norms of public service broadcasting. On the rare instances things like this did happen, there was always a considerable public backlash. It says a lot that open unabashed transphobia is now an acceptable norm at the BBC. The inevitable silence on this from the entire media and political establishment is indicative of a wider malaise in the public discourse.

Trans people, especially in the US, are talking a lot at the moment about a “trans genocide”. This may seem extreme – but when you consider US conservatives are openly calling for “transgenderism to be eradicated” and armed militants are turning up to drag queen story time events across the US, it’s not hard to see why.

I recently came across a video on research from the UN on the ten stages towards genocide. They usually start off fairly innocuous, with a group being identified, othered and discriminated against, but these stages often lead towards the terrifying final stages of persecution and extermination. According to this framework, the US appears to be at the seventh stage, preparation – just one step away from persecution.

Perhaps the situation in the UK isn’t quite as bad, but it’s headed in the same direction. And if we continue to allow statements like Justin Webb’s to go unchallenged, this incessant escalation of transphobic rhetoric could lead us to something truly horrifying.

#transphobia #trans safety #trans rights #bbc #british media #british press #international chess federation #chess #trans genocide #trans people #transgender #trans #non-binary #lgbt rights #lgbt #queer #genocide #uk #usa #america #my posts

[sbrown82]

I also love the fact that a white woman wrote this! 🤣

#meghan markle #the duchess of sussex #black people #black women #black woman #black girls #racism #misogynoir #anti blackness #british royal family #british media #tabloids #white people #white women #article #sbrown82

[soyboysace]

i consume british media like some sort of circular family tree. i hyperfixate on this one piece of british media and end up checking out a different piece of british media because of that one actor/comedian that was in the first british media hyperfixation to which i then end up checking out another piece of british media because of that one actor/comedian in the second british media hyperfixation and so on and so forth only for it to all come full circle in saying "they were all in doctor who at one point in their career"

#all roads lead to doctor who #doctor who is my hyperfixation mondstadt #doctor who #british media #british actors #sbsace

[fanfic-lover-girl]

Nuanced Art of Insults

I think it's sad that many people don't have the ability to insult or mock other people without using foul language.

I think that's why British sarcasm is so loved in media. The best insult is one where the victim does not even realize they are being insulted. Or even if they do realize it, they don't have the competence or class to give a good comeback.

#art of insults #a lost art #british media #vs american media #people rely too many on foul language for insults #english language is being eroded #literacy skills #insults

[absolutebozo]

I love how much Helluva Boss and literally any other media has influenced my vocabulary. I ingest so much British and Australian media with Helluva Boss that it's so fucking funny to hear myself talk sometimes. Cause yes, it's very clear what entertains me and how mildly contradicting it is.

#british media #Australian media #helluva boss #my hyperfixations are effecting my vocabulary #i've always been a vulgar person when talking #but it's gotten much more noticeable.

[bottlesandbarricades]

I think the ladbaby feed the uk song might be my 13th reason. What the fuck possessed them to make this?

‘ Turn up the Christmas music, Drown out the doom and gloom’ my brother in Christ it’s not that fucking simple. Christmas music doesn’t drowned out hunger and cold.

‘Sausage rolls for everyone’ - a new and cringe spin on If they have no bread, let them eat cake!

#ladbaby #feed the uk #british politics #uk politics #fuck the tories #tory britain #the tories #british media #cost of living crisis #cost of living #i genuinely have no words #what should we expect from a Tory voter