Michael CartyMar 10, 2023

"The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash from Tory politicians and the rightwing press, the Guardian has been told."

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/10/david-attenborough-bbc-wild-isles-episode-rightwing-backlash-fears

BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of ‘rightwing backlash’

Exclusive: Decision to make episode about natural destruction available only on iPlayer angers programme-makers

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Show threadsimonf 🦘Mar 10, 2023

@MJCarty That apparently is inaccurate:

https://twitter.com/bbcpress/status/1634245237378785280?s=46&t=Syo_elAcoAIp72BcrNdJqA

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@simonf @MJCarty BBC claims that the video that looks suspiciously like an episode of the series they are airing is not actual an episode, it's just something they produced at considerable expense to bury in their online catalog.
Mar 11, 2023 at 5:19amWeb
Show threadsimonf 🦘Mar 11, 2023

@halfcocked @MJCarty

There was this statement from WWF..
https://twitter.com/wwf_uk/status/1634290349098057728?s=46&t=s6ZTYziZ0i25zxQPWahe3Q

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