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BBC Sparks Storm Over Failure To Pull Plug On Glastonbury Act Bob Vylan’s “Appalling Hate Speech”
BBC told it must explain why it failed to pull the plug on Glastonbury act Bob Vylan after the band led chants of “death to the IDF."
The BBC has been told that it must explain why it failed to pull the plug on Glastonbury act Bob Vylan after the band led chants of “death to the IDF” on Saturday. The BBC did not cut away from Bob Vylan, despite the punk band platforming controversial slogans like, “from the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be, free,” and complaining about working for a “f***ing Zionist.” Danny Cohen, the former BBC TV chief, said the corporation’s failure to cut away from Bob Vylan will send a “shiver of fear, despair, disgust, and shock” down the spines of the UK’s Jewish community.
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