Posted on Jul 31, 2019
BBC condemned for interviewing far-right Trump ally Steve Bannon on Today programme
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“WHY? Why would you give him airtime?” said Professor Emily Bell of the Columbia Journalism School. “This interview is embarrassing and irrelevant. Steve Bannon has zero to say of importance on anything and here is a credulous interview on BBC Radio 4.”
Labour MP David Lammy tweeted: “Why is Steve Bannon an avowed white supremacist, anti semite racist given almost 15 minutes uninterrupted airtime on @BBCr4today?”
The Tottenham MP added: “Why was he not challenged on his links to Boris Johnson? Why should I pay my license fee for this normalising of extremism?”
Stuart Millar, BuzzFeed UK’s editor said the Today programme had allowed Mr Bannon “to deliver a constant stream of misinformation and falsehood almost completely unchallenged.
He added: “This isn’t an interview it’s a rant and Jon Sopel is nowhere.”
Labour MP David Lammy tweeted: “Why is Steve Bannon an avowed white supremacist, anti semite racist given almost 15 minutes uninterrupted airtime on @BBCr4today?”
The Tottenham MP added: “Why was he not challenged on his links to Boris Johnson? Why should I pay my license fee for this normalising of extremism?”
Stuart Millar, BuzzFeed UK’s editor said the Today programme had allowed Mr Bannon “to deliver a constant stream of misinformation and falsehood almost completely unchallenged.
He added: “This isn’t an interview it’s a rant and Jon Sopel is nowhere.”
BBC condemned for interviewing far-right Trump ally Steve Bannon on Today programme
Posted from independent.co.uk
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If one person is denied freedom of speech then no one has it. Nowhere does it say we have the freedom to squelch anthers. Nor does it say anywhere that people are free to only say what we want to hear.
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The media should decide everything we are allowed to hear. We should have faith in them, that they will squelch all the "bad" ideas and only allow the "good" ideas to be mentioned on the air. Now be a good sheep and lay down for your shearing.
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