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    Beeb banned...

    ...in China.

    So when their Ambassador does tulip on Marr and leads to more signatures on a petition lobbying parliament over genocide, they just ban the BBC.

    BBC News - China bans BBC World News from broadcasting
    China bans BBC World News from broadcasting - BBC News

    China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, its television and radio regulator announced on Thursday.

    China has criticised the BBC for its reporting on coronavirus and the persecution of ethnic minority Uighurs.

    The BBC said it was "disappointed" by the decision.

    It follows British media regulator Ofcom revoking state broadcaster China Global Television Network's (CGTN) licence to broadcast in the UK.

    Ofcom's decision earlier this month came after it found that CGTN's licence was wrongfully held by Star China Media Ltd.

    CGTN was also found in breach of British broadcasting regulations last year, for airing the allegedly forced confession of UK citizen Peter Humphrey.

    In its decision, China's State Film, TV and Radio Administration said BBC World News reports about China were found to "seriously violate" broadcast guidelines, including "the requirement that news should be truthful and fair" and not "harm China's national interests".

    It said that the BBC's application to air for another year would not be accepted.

    The BBC said in a statement: 'We are disappointed that the Chinese authorities have decided to take this course of action. The BBC is the world's most trusted international news broadcaster and reports on stories from around the world fairly, impartially and without fear or favour."

    The commercially-funded BBC World News TV channel broadcasts globally in English. In China it is largely restricted and appears only in international hotels and some diplomatic compounds, meaning most Chinese people cannot view it.

    British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called the move an "unacceptable curtailing of media freedom".
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

    #2
    Can they still get CUK?

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      #3
      Are they interested in eating spider crabs?
      Слава Україні! Героям слава!

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        #4
        Originally posted by MasterBait View Post
        Are they interested in eating spider crabs?
        They have been renamed to Cornish King Crab.

        Brexit: '''Under-loved''' fish renamed for British tastes - BBC News
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #5
          Good one Maajid!

          Well at least it is getting press coverage!
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #6
            Originally posted by vetran View Post
            Good one Maajid!

            Well at least it is getting press coverage!
            He got help from various place to advertise the cause e.g. Iain Dale, Jewish board of deputies, but the best help was the Chinese Ambassador doing a TV interview with Marr.

            I never seen an online parliamentary petition gain so many signatures while someone was being interviewed....
            "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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              #7
              Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
              He got help from various place to advertise the cause e.g. Iain Dale, Jewish board of deputies, but the best help was the Chinese Ambassador doing a TV interview with Marr.

              I never seen an online parliamentary petition gain so many signatures while someone was being interviewed....
              Oh he did pick up supporters on the way but he was out in front a long time ago.
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                Originally posted by vetran View Post
                Oh he did pick up supporters on the way but he was out in front a long time ago.
                That interview got the petition over the 100K mark within a few minutes.

                The interview was poor - it could be described as a "car-crash" - so I decided to look at the online petition page and refresh it while the interview was going on.....

                Edited to say: Maajid was off the radio until the week after as he was on hunger strike and weak.
                "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
                  King Spider....

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