Latest kerfuffle seems to be about one P Patel saying that poverty is every other f.ckers' fault but theirs, particularly local councils and the education system, in a film for BBC NW.
It's on the
graun site, and indeed all over the news now, but Skwawkbox are saying that
just as the video was gaining attention, the BBC took it down for some reason.
It was originally twittered, and not put on the website, as far as I can tell. Turns out it was deleted and then reposted on the BBC Twitter the next day (the graun has a link to it). The BBC say (reported in the Graun story) that "Just to clarify...The text on the original Tweet paraphrased the comments in the video. For clarity, we have removed the quotation marks and reposted the video
https://t.co/mkm31XTS6U". So they are saying they took it down to edit it. Obviously lots and lots are accusing the BBC of covering it up, to Patel's benefit.
f.ck only knows if they really were just editing quote marks out of it and forced to put it back up by publicity, and f.ck knows why somebody allegedly put quote marks around things that weren't quotes. I can't find the original words.
Probably cockup rather than conspiracy theory of history. But this doesn't look good at a time when even the BBCs stalwartist defenders are feeling a bit on edge about them, as per above. We don't need the BBC to be the story any more than they are already.
Just tell 'em I'm broke and don't come round here no more.