BBC censorship gone mad

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  1. Marc

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    What a ridiculous position. This whole campaign is about openly rejoicing the death of a politician. There's no political message in this, whatsoever. The BBC have taken a compromise position, to balance respect, impartiality and journalistic intention. While the 'record buying public' want to giggle at a 52 second song and high five each other, the BBC have taken the opportunity to reflect on the political debate and attempt to inform. Which is far more than what the downloaders are doing. As for the uproar against censorship. What nonsense. You think this is the only song to be clipped? There are broadcasting laws on decency. Would you expect an unedited Eminem song to be played in full? There is abhorrent oppression and censorship happening in the world every minute. Exponentially worse than this. I don't see any campaign on any of that. All of a sudden, the people of Barnsley care about censorship? Give me a break. People empathise with the affects of Thatcher's Britain, and support the grievances of those who suffered under it. Myself included. But this is not the only view, and like it or not, just as many find this stunt pointless, distasteful and disrespectful. You call it censorship, others call it compromise. It's part of a civilised society. Right, I need a muffin now x
     
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    Well said Gordon and Tom.

    Dave and his cronies are loving this. The public turning on the BBC over a trivial 70 year old jingle? He couldn't have engineered this better if he had tried.

    The witch is dead my arse! Look around for fck's sake!
     
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    People are letting their view on this be skewed by their intense dislike of Thatcher, but think about it another way. When those two police officers were killed in Manchester, what if 20,000 (cos it doesn't take much more than this nowadays) people downloaded Cop Killer. Would we be as vehement about censorship (and I use this term lightly, because I don't think that what the BBC are doing is censorship in it's true definition, but that's another argument!) then? Of course we'd all think it would be in bad taste if the BBC played it as if nothing had happened. They have to draw the line somewhere and I think they have handled it perfectly this time, given the impossible position they have been put in.
     
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    By doing what they have done, the BBC have guaranteed the subject to be in the news untill Thursday.
     
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    I'm uncomfortable with the song if I'm honest.

    Ghost Town would have been a better protest song. That is not a personal insult like this one is.

    I do wonder if they will play 'I'm in love mith Margaert Thatcher' if it gets high enough in the charts?
     
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    Tbf tom its not just about rejoicing in her death its the policies she engineered and dispatched that the protest is really about and plenty has been said on those. H
    But night after night we are bombarded by these snivelling non deplumes preaching how wonderful she and her policies were when we have only to look around us to see that they were'nt.
    No its not about rejoicing in her death its about putting some perspective of these honour chasing psychophants that are rewriting our history. (Or attempting to)
     
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    great post(because I agree with it!!)
     
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    But if a news story was a news story they would report as such wouldnt they? (the BBC)

    Now the chart show is the chart show and therefore should be just that and not some political soap box.


    Paul Gambaccini made some interesting points on breakfast news this morning saying the song should be played without any news/political reference.The charts are a history of what is happening in this country at the moment in time and the paying public should be allowed to express their feelings with freedom and not censorship.
     
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    It should be jack but whether you agree or disagree about the song debate there's no denying that the gestapo type media witch hunting by the nasty party and its supporters behind the scenes are making sure her (manufactured saintly) image goes through
     
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