Wildlife too triggering for right wingers

[vetran]

That's why in general the great British public votes for the most centralist candidate/party.

I should know and probably have worked with people who have voted for a mainstream party they dislike to keep the likes of a far far left nutty party out.

FTFY.

Sadly both sides are a bit off.

[d000hg]

It is a bit boring when an excellent documentary very obviously shoehorns in a section on climate change. I would rather watch an episode which focuses on that properly, the same way every other episode focuses on one specific theme.

[SueEllen]

Right wingers, left wingers, liberal etc, all these blanket descriptions are ridiculous. Although there are some obvious links I'm sure most people have different views on different issues, as I do, which don't all fit in the same box.

That's why in general the great British public votes for the most centralist candidate/party.

I know and have worked with people who have voted for a mainstream party they dislike to keep the likes of a far right fascist party out.

[xoggoth]

Right wingers, left wingers, liberal etc, all these blanket descriptions are ridiculous. Although there are some obvious links I'm sure most people have different views on different issues, as I do, which don't all fit in the same box.

[sadkingbilly]

You must of missed the footie thread.

[SueEllen]

The culture war is fully underway isn't it, look at the absolute state of that title versus the actual specifics of the matter.

You must of missed the footie thread.

[TheGreenBastard]

The culture war is fully underway isn't it, look at the absolute state of that title versus the actual specifics of the matter.

[WTFH]

What story? You post an article about something that didn't happen. Where's the story?

The story is that the BBC bought a 5 part nature show off a production company and backers.

The company and backers produced another single show at the same time about a closely related topic, which the BBC also bought.
This single show talks about plastics in the sea, raw sewage in the rivers, pollution and its impact on the British Isles, topics which may not reflect well on the current government. That show does not have a date for airing yet.

That’s the height of the story.

[Zigenare]

yep!!

I should stick to the torygraph, where this story never even featured

What story? You post an article about something that didn't happen. Where's the story?

[SueEllen]

I don't understand why they don't just put it on BBC 2 on Sunday lunchtime or BBC 4 midweek.

That way it's broadcast and most people would miss it.

[ladymuck]

Accurate reporting too triggering for left wingers

yep!!

I should stick to the torygraph, where this story never even featured

[jamesbrown]

Accurate reporting too triggering for left wingers

[ladymuck]

Not sure if this was added after I shared, or I just got bored and didn't read the latter half of the article:

In a statement provided after the story was first published, the BBC said: “This is totally inaccurate, there is no ‘sixth episode’. Wild Isles is – and always was - a five part series and does not shy away from environmental content. We have acquired a separate film for iPlayer from the RSPB and WWF and Silverback Films about people working to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the British Isles.”

[xoggoth]

Gordoneo Bennuto. Silencing Attenborough now!

[ladymuck]

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...backlash-fears

BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of rightwing backlash

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.

The decision has angered the programme-makers and some insiders at the BBC, who fear the corporation has bowed to pressure from lobbying groups with “dinosaurian ways”.

The revelation about Attenborough’s programme comes at the end of a week in which another broadcaster, Gary Lineker, has been condemned by Conservative ministers for his criticism of the government’s immigration bill.

The fresh row focuses on Wild Isles, a highly anticipated new series looking at the beauty of nature in the British Isles, which will begin broadcast on Sunday.

Narrated by David Attenborough, it is expected to be a hit, with five episodes scheduled to go out in primetime slots on BBC One.

A sixth episode has also been filmed, which is understood to be a stark look at the losses of nature in the UK and what has caused the declines. It is also understood to include some examples of rewilding, a concept which has been controversial in some rightwing circles.

The documentary, which was part-funded by nature charities the WWF and RSPB, will not be broadcast along with the others and will instead only be available on the BBC’s iPlayer service. All six episodes were narrated by Attenborough, and made by production company Silverback Films, responsible for previous series including Our Planet, in collaboration with the BBC Natural History Unit.

Senior sources at the BBC told the Guardian that the decision was made to fend off potential critique from the political right. This week the Telegraph newspaper attacked the BBC for creating the series and for taking funding from “two charities previously criticised for their political lobbying” – the WWF and RSPB.

One source at the broadcaster, who asked not want to be named, said “lobbying groups that are desperately hanging on to their dinosaurian ways” such as the farming and game industry would “kick off” if the show had too political a message.

They added: “Frankly, this idea that you sort of put it in a separate programme to almost parcel it to one side is disingenuous. Why don’t they integrate those stories into all of them at the time?”

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