Comment on British Airways pulls Louis Theroux podcast sponsorship after Bob Vylan interview

• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I meant Theroux’ interview, not his subject. He’s not responsible for the things his interviewees say.

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  • Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Theroux is responsible for whom he chooses to platform and what parts of an interview to publish. He knew this would be controversial, generate lots of clicks, and might lose him sponsors.

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    • Quokka@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The guy has literally interviewed the KKK, but this is radical rhetoric too far?

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      • Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Did the KKK guy defend chants to „Gas the Jews“ or similar in his interview?

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    • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He has interviewed neo-nazis in the past so it is odd that a rapper is the one who sets these “advertisers” off.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You do know that’s the job of journalists right? Journalists have in the past spoken to many people it doesn’t mean they endorse those people it just means that the journalists want to get their side of the story. This includes pirates, murderers, and even dictators. You’re complaining that the journalist is writing articles that people want to read.

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If I said death to Russians no one would bat an eyelid.

  You’re bias showing, it’s also boring and unoriginal.

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve tagged them as ‘more like hasbara’

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    • obre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Way more clever than my tag lol, I just mark all zionists with “🇮🇱”

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  • lurch@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There will definitely be ppl offended by “death to Russians” and I find it highly questionable, because there are a few hundred good russians who haven’t been killed in the gulags so far and they do not deserve being slaughtered with the rest.

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    • Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Death to the Russian Army would be a more accurate parallel. Bobby didn’t chant “death to Israelis” or “death to Jews” an important distinction that the pro-Israel lobby has ignored.

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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  don’t you hate it in history class, when they talk about how good it was to kill Nazis.

  Will somebody think of the poor genociders

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• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Genociders*

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• gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Another troll for the blocklist. Why are there so many of you guys lately?

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  • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    being hasbara is a full time job

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