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

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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  - Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Did Bobby Villain chant “death to the Jews”? Stop making false equivilence.
    
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  - QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Did Vylan call for the deaths of jewish people or did he call death to the IDF which is entirely different?
    
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  - w3ird_sloth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    No but…he’s a KKK guy so…did he need to?
    
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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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨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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