BBC under fire for masking the words "Free Palestine" from a rap song it aired.

Source Guardian UK

Mic Righteous's improvised set on BBC 1Xtra met with complaints after corporation masks the words 'free Palestine'

The corporation is being accused of bias after effectively editing the words from Mic Righteous's improvised set, in which he expressed his views on subjects ranging from the American government to poverty and the floods in Pakistan.

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Describing the edit as an "extraordinary act of censorship", the campaign asked why the BBC did not ban the song "Free Nelson Mandela" when it was released in 1984. At the time, Mandela was still considered a terrorist by many western governments.

A BBC spokesperson said a late night music show was not considered an appropriate forum for political controversy.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/13/bbc-palestine-lyric-mic-righteous




:wtf:

And that's the world we live in. And who demands such incredibly strict thought control?

:shrug:

Is it the BBC? Someone else?

PB

message. Can you imagine this happening in the 60s?

Hope it costs them big time.
It's all propaganda all of the time