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Beastly Boy

(13,283 posts) Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:38 AM Jun 2025

BBC regrets not stopping Glastonbury 'Death to the IDF' livestream

Britain’s BBC said it regretted not stopping the livestream of punk-rap duo Bob Vylan’s set at Glastonbury after the performance included chants against the Israeli military, drawing condemnation from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The BBC has come under fire for allowing the performance to be shown live on Saturday as a Bob Vylan member led the crowd in chanting “Death, death to the IDF,” a reference to the Israel Defense Forces, following chants of “Free, free Palestine.”

The BBC, which broadcasts the festival in southwest England, issued a warning on screen while the set was being streamed online, but said on Monday it should have gone further.

The comments were “utterly unacceptable and have no place on our airwaves,” the national broadcaster said in a statement."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/bbc-regrets-not-stopping-glastonbury-death-to-idf-livestream/

BBC is "concerned".

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BBC regrets not stopping Glastonbury 'Death to the IDF' livestream (Original Post) Beastly Boy Jun 2025 OP

Sure they do nycbos Jun 2025 #1

Not trying to be critical, but I cannot find humor in a parody of the mastermind of the October 7 massacre. lostincalifornia Jun 2025 #3

It's an Israeli show nycbos Jun 2025 #4

I am just stating my view that I can't find any humor regarding the scum Sinwar, especially with all the lostincalifornia Jun 2025 #5

Understandable nycbos Jun 2025 #6

+++ lostincalifornia Jun 2025 #7

The UTA, (United Talent Agency), quickly dropped him after his hate laced performance, because that is lostincalifornia Jun 2025 #2

After the show. Mosby Jun 2025 #8

nycbos

(6,729 posts)

1. Sure they do

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:21 AM

Jun 2025

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lostincalifornia

(5,526 posts)

3. Not trying to be critical, but I cannot find humor in a parody of the mastermind of the October 7 massacre.

Reply to nycbos (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:09 AM

Jun 2025

nycbos

(6,729 posts)

4. It's an Israeli show

Reply to lostincalifornia (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:14 AM

Jun 2025

If Israel’s means of coping with the horrors of 10/7 is with dark humor who are we to judge?

lostincalifornia

(5,526 posts)

5. I am just stating my view that I can't find any humor regarding the scum Sinwar, especially with all the

Reply to nycbos (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:26 AM

Jun 2025

antisemitism that has been directed at Jews after October 7, and OP's reporting of Bob Vylan's antisemitic concert rally.

I am not criticizing anyone's coping mechanisms.

nycbos

(6,729 posts)

6. Understandable

Reply to lostincalifornia (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:49 AM

Jun 2025

lostincalifornia

(5,526 posts)

7. +++

Reply to nycbos (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:40 PM

Jun 2025

lostincalifornia

(5,526 posts)

2. The UTA, (United Talent Agency), quickly dropped him after his hate laced performance, because that is

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:00 AM

Jun 2025

exactly what it was. I wonder how many antisemitic attacks he will have generated with his crap.

The idiot also also trashed his boss along with his hate filled rhetoric"

" Vylan’s set on Saturday has made front-page newspaper news in the UK after Bobby Vylan chanted “death to the IDF” and complained about working for a “f***ing Zionist.”

Vylan also platformed the controversial slogan, “from the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be, free,” during the West Holts stage set, streamed live on the BBC. "

https://deadline.com/2025/06/bob-vylan-dropped-uta-1236445637/

These idiots don't even know what Zionism is, and have distorted for their own racist purposes.

Mosby

(19,491 posts)

8. After the show.

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:53 PM

Jun 2025

Link to tweet

It's funny because it's true.

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