A key part of the recently wrapped actor’s strike dealt with something on every person’s mind in 2024.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI for short.
The new Screen Actors Guild deal, which allowed stars to get back on stage again after a 118-day pause, offered protections against the rise of AI. <a href="https://ew.com/tv/actors-strike-over-whats-in-new-sag-aftra-contract/#:~:text=The%20strike%20officially%20ended%20early,in%20the%20next%20few%20weeks." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Studios can’t use the likeness</a> of an SAG actor without their consent. That holds for stars like Brad Pitt down to background performers.
That mattered. And that might not be enough to stop its use in stories large and small.
The “small” part might be the most nettlesome to Hollywood, Inc.
We’re already seeing examples of smaller projects dipping their toes in AI. Yes, they’re drawing fire for their actions, but it likely won’t stop others from doing the same.
The new horror film “Late Night with the Devil” offers a wry spin on the classic talk-show format. David Dastmalchian (“Ant-Man”) stars as a ‘70s-era host so eager for ratings that he invites a woman allegedly possessed by the devil on his show.
The low-budget film leaned on AI to create images seen in the final product. The backlash proved immediate, especially after <a href="https://screenrant.com/late-night-with-the-devil-movie-box-office-666-explained/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Late Night” overperformed at the box office.</a>
Directors Cameron and Colin Cairnes, who reportedly finished the film <a href="https://theweek.com/late-night-with-the-devil-ai-art-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">before the strike’s settlement</a>, shared a statement on their creative decision to Variety in response.
“In conjunction with our amazing graphics and production design team, all of whom worked tirelessly to give this film the 70s aesthetic we had always imagined, we experimented with AI for three still images which we edited further and ultimately appear as very brief interstitials in the film.”
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Veteran performer Sara Poyzer of “Mamma Mia!” musical fame, shared a sour note on social media saying she was recently replaced by AI for a vocal performance. The note featured part of an email announcing who she lost a gig to:
“We have had the approval from the BBC to use the AI generated voice so we won’t need Sara anymore.”
The head of the BBC said the broadcasting giant will use AI <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bbc-reform-truth-british-storytelling-ai-partnerships-tim-davie-1235856342/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“on our terms”</a> moving forward.
The fear is real in more ways than one.
Creators worry about professional blowback from any attempt to use AI on their projects. The industry understands just how helpful AI can be in certain areas, especially now given Hollywood is eager to cut costs thanks to a wobbly economy and streaming platform fiscal woes.
Indie filmmakers are eager to embrace any cost-cutting measures to get their stories made. When found-footage horror exploded following the release of 1999’s “The Blair Witch Project,” studios leaned aggressively on the gimmick to dramatically lower production costs.
That will likely happen, sooner or later, with AI.
That’s precisely what an artist working with Loor TV has in mind. The new streaming channel, which promises Christian storytelling with an edge, is behind a new show called “Fleur De Lis” by Ethan Hill. The show <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7176243991917522946/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">employs AI tech</a> to render both the animated show’s backgrounds and character voices.
“AI is an aid to this show, not the creator of the show. Five episodes in and the rough around the edges production and janky AI has become part of its charm. Much like construction paper and South Park &#8230;. Ethan is very cautious that AI carefully balanced as a tool, not the show runner,” Loor TV CEO Marcus Pittman shared on his LinkedIn account.
The cost? Pittman said about $200 per episode. He added the show’s creator hopes to move away from AI once the project gains financial flexibility.
YouTube creators also have less reason to avoid AI technology to make viral-friendly videos. Consider the many “deep fake” celebrity clips where computers seamlessly switch out a performer’s face for a more recognizable star.
This video of “Arnold Schwarzenegger” singing a tune from “The Sound of Music” dressed as a nun is a perfect example. It sounds remarkably like the ‘80s action superstar, and it looks as if the clip’s creator snatched him straight from the Reagan era and threw a nun’s habit on him. Watch:
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The clip generated more than 16K views in just two days.
Many influencers and creators aren’t bound by SAG rules. They just want content and the clicks those videos bring. Technological barriers have been dropping long before the rise of AI, allowing indie creators to compete with established brands. Consider Sam the Cooking Guy’s YouTube flock (3.68M subscribers) trumps The Food Network’s audience (2.5M subscribers).
Adding AI tools to the mix will further dissolve the barriers between the two sides.
AI may be the greatest tool indie filmmakers, who squeeze every penny possible to complete their visions, ever imagined. That’s especially true for creators locked out of the mainstream.
We’ve seen a flood of Right-leaning documentaries in recent years, sharing stories that veteran directors wouldn’t touch. They lack the publicity engines afforded to studio artists, from marketing teams to news outlets happy to spread the word about them.
Budgets are understandably low, too.
Throw some AI magic into the mix, and suddenly a lo-fi documentary can compete with anything Michael Moore has to offer.
That might be the scariest thing of all for progressive Hollywood.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The BBC news network has issued an apology for regurgitating a false claim from the terrorist organization Hamas that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were executing Palestinians inside Gaza.
The BBC reported on Christmas Eve that Israel was carrying out &#8220;summary executions&#8221; of Palestinian civilians inside Gaza, Deadline <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/01/bbc-apologizes-reporting-hamas-israel-execution-claims-1235700076/">reported</a>. The report said that the news agency AFP, which said it could not verify the claims, appeared to be the source of the story.
&#8220;In overnight output [on BBC radio news bulletins] we ran a story about Hamas accusing the Israeli army of carrying out summary executions in the Gaza strip,&#8221; the BBC said in a statement. &#8220;This was a Hamas statement, but although the accusations were attributed and our story contained a response from the Israeli military saying they were unaware of the incident and that Hamas was a terrorist organisation that did not value truth, we had not made sufficient effort to seek corroborating evidence to justify reporting the Hamas claim. We apologise for this mistake.&#8221;
The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/bbc-apologizes-for-report-accusing-idf-of-summary-executions-in-the-gaza-strip/">noted</a> that the BBC has faced intense criticism, including from the British government, for refusing to call Hamas a terrorist organization.
The BBC has been forced to apologize for reporting false claims against Israel as the country hunts down the Islamic terrorists responsible for murdering 1,200 Israelis during the unprecedented October 7 terrorist attack.
The network <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/10/bbc-wrong-to-speculate-on-gaza-hospital-blast-1235577943/?_thumbnail_id=1235577978">speculated</a> on air that Israel was behind an explosion at a hospital inside Gaza. It was later proven that the explosion was caused by a rocket fired by terrorists with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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The BBC also issued an <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/11/bbc-apologizes-israel-gaza-hospital-raid-1235612468/">apology</a> after claiming that Israeli troops targeted Arabs and medics during their raid of Al-Shifa, a hospital inside Gaza that was used as a terrorist command center. The network, which misquoted a Reuters news article, said Israeli troops were “targeting people, including medical teams as well as Arab speakers.” What the report actually said was that the IDF had Arabic-speaking soldiers and medics that were at the scene to make sure that “supplies reach those in need.”

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We are not afraid.
We, the citizens of the West, are not afraid.
And we should not be afraid.
The massive pro-Hamas rallies we have seen in nearly every major Western city and across college campuses are designed to intimidate.
But here is the optimistic reality: Far more people in the West oppose Hamas than support them. Far more people are in favor of Israel wiping Hamas off the map than are in favor of Hamas retaining any level of power.
The silent majority may be silent.
But it is a majority.
That much was clear yesterday at the National Mall in Washington D.C., where pro-Israel ralliers, mostly Jewish, came by the hundreds of thousands — <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/14/news/nearly-300000-descend-on-dcs-national-mall-for-march-largest-pro-israel-gathering-in-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">300,000 in all</a>, the largest single gathering of Jews in modern history. They came from Florida and California and New York and New Jersey. They came from Cleveland and Chicago and Houston.
They came for one reason: to show that those who support Israel are more numerous than those who support Israel’s enemies.
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The ralliers showed far more than that, actually. They showed that those who support Israel love the West — and by extension, they demonstrated that those who hate Israel hate the West. The contrast could not have been clearer. The pro-Israel rally was replete with American flags, with pride for our country. The pro-Israel rally featured no hate chants, no calls for genocide, no blood-curdling baying on behalf of the targeting of innocents. Instead, it featured prayer, solidarity, and love.
As one police officer <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidM_Friedman/status/1724590987161313585">reportedly</a> put it, “I received a career’s worth of thank yous in one day.”
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Overheard today at the Rally: A local police officer said he received a career’s worth of thank yous in one day!
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Meanwhile, at a pro-Hamas rally <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/347287/pro-palestinian-protesters-chant-long-live-the-intifada-we-want-all-48-in-front-of-la-israeli-consulate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on Tuesday</a> in Staten Island, people yelled, “We don’t want no two-state, we want ’48” and “From New York to Gaza, globalize the Intifada!” They also fought with police officers. Yes, the contrast is obvious.
It is obvious to me, to you, and yes, to most Americans.
The support for Israel was bipartisan at the rally. Both GOP Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke.
The rally had its haters.
Hamas supporters vandalized a medical tent the night before the rally, and apparently, bus drivers refused to take Jews arriving from out of town from Dulles International Airport to the rally itself, in a clear case of religious discrimination.
All of the hating is depressing, of course. It’s even more depressing to see such sentiments in the halls of power, emanating almost entirely from the far Left. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent yesterday ripping Israel, an unsurprising development from the morally blind dolt.
Representative Jamaal Bowman of New York, for example, took a break from pulling fire alarms to claim his opposition to Israel was actually an attempt to uphold Judaism — a truly breathtakingly audacious statement.
Meanwhile, Bowman’s fellow Hamas Squad colleagues took a different tack: Rep. Ilhan Omar claimed that all people of faith should oppose Israel. 
And then there was the inimitably idiotic AOC, who suggested that Israel should somehow find a way to negotiate with … wait for it … Hamas.
But in truth, these are fringe sentiments. According to a new poll from HarrisX, <a href="https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1724425559491440784">67% of Americans</a> believe Israel should continue fighting Hamas until Hamas is defeated and Israel’s hostages are released; more than <a href="https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HHP_Oct23_KeyResults.pdf">eight in ten</a> Americans agreed Israel has a responsibility to protect its citizens.
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Most (67%) Americans believe Israel should continue its military efforts in Gaza until Hamas is defeated and the hostages are released, according to a new poll.
By <a href="https://twitter.com/ZvikaKlein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ZvikaKlein</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamas</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza_War?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza_War</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Israel</a> <a href="https://t.co/HeaumIzyUP">https://t.co/HeaumIzyUP</a>
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This is the true America — not the pictures on TV or the minority portrayed as a majority by our pathetic media infrastructure.
Speaking of the media, they spent most of yesterday ignoring the massive rally in favor of astroturfing resistance to Israel’s mission. For example, the front page of the New York Times’ website, as of last night, made no mention of the largest Jewish rally in centuries — but they did have a front-page article about 500 anonymous members of the executive branch writing a letter to Joe Biden protesting his Israel policy.
Clearly the pro-Hamas groundswell is building, says the Times!
The media continue to do their damndest to undermine Israel’s ability to defend itself. So despite the fact every major media outlet of the last 20 years has reported that Hamas has placed its military headquarters beneath Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the press continue to treat Israel as a political leper for pursuing that military target.
No matter that the Pentagon spokesperson confirmed yesterday that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad use hospitals as fronts for military sites.
No matter that this behavior, under international law, transforms those sites into military sites. On Tuesday, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/al-shifa-hospital-gaza-israel-hamas-9dc0135b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Wall Street Journal</a> pointed out that in 2016, U.S. forces attacked a hospital in Mosul. Actually, U.S. forces hit the hospital with an airstrike. <a href="https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/1023962/coalition-strikes-mosul-hospital/#:~:text=ISIL%20was%20using%20the%20hospital,fire%2C%20to%20strengthen%20their%20position." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Centcom reported</a> in 2016, “ISIL was using the hospital as a base of operations and command and control headquarters. … In support of the Iraqi Security Forces, Coalition aircraft conducted a precision strike on the location to target enemy fighters firing on Iraqi forces.”
No heartburn from the media. After all, Barack Obama was president at the time.
Yet Israel is attempting to take out Hamas room by room, all the while trying to protect Gazan civilians. And the media are treating that as some sort of war crime. Many members of the media keep asking if a hospital suddenly becomes a legitimate target just because Hamas is using it as a military site.
The answer, under international law, is yes. <a href="https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949/article-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Article 19</a> of the Geneva Conventions states, “The protection to which civilian hospitals are entitled shall not cease unless they are used to commit, outside their humanitarian duties, acts harmful to the enemy. Protection may, however, cease only after due warning has been given, naming, in all appropriate cases, a reasonable time limit, and after such warning has remained unheeded.”
Israel has warned Hamas and medical officials for weeks. Israel has facilitated exit from the hospital for the sick and innocent.
But <a href="https://youtu.be/alsGEc2v9yY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the BBC lied</a> about what Israel is doing in the hospital, saying Israel Defense Forces were “targeting people, including medical teams as well as Arab speakers.” 
This, of course, was a lie. And they repeat it twice. The truth is Israel was including medical teams as well as Arab speakers.
It was an unsurprising lie, given that the BBC is effectively a Hamas propaganda arm. 
In fact, Israel is exposing its own soldiers to fire from terrorists in Al-Shifa, and <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-medical-teams-arabic-speakers-among-troops-that-entered-gaza-hospital/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the IDF</a>, those forces “include medical teams and Arabic speakers, who have undergone specified training to prepare for this complex and sensitive environment, with the intent that no harm is caused to the civilians being used by Hamas as human shields.”
This is something no army in history has done.
Ever.
The BBC was <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/bbc-says-sorry-to-israel-after-reporting-it-targeted-medical-staff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forced to apologize</a> for that lie.
Yet Elizabeth Spiers, who writes frequently for the New York Times, stated it was a racist lie to claim Hamas uses children as human shields.
Yes, it’s now racist to point out that Hamas uses human shields. She should talk to Hamas about their racism, since they brag openly about doing it.
But here’s the thing: Nobody with a brain believes the media’s moral equivalence game.
And that’s encouraging.
All Hamas and its allies have is fear. That’s it. That’s the whole thing.
Well, we are not afraid.
The West need not be afraid.
We have both right and might on our side.

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The BBC, which has presented an editorial slant against Israel for years, was forced to apologize Wednesday for falsely accusing Israel Defense Forces of committing war crimes in its attack on a Hamas command node at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.
A BBC presenter falsely claimed twice on air that Reuters had reported that the IDF had targeted medical teams as well as Arabic speakers, instead of what Reuters actually reported, which was that the IDF had included medical teams and Arabic speakers on its team.
“We are hearing from Reuters that is reporting that Israel’s — it says its forces are carrying out an operation against Hamas in Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital and they are targeting people, including medical teams as well as Arabic speakers. They are also saying that Israel is calling on all Hamas operatives in the hospital to surrender at this point,” the BBC presenter claimed, then repeated, “Once again we are hearing from Reuters that Israel says that its forces are carrying out an operation against Hamas in that hospital that we had just heard of; they are targeting Arabic speakers as well as some of the medical staff there and they are asking all Hamas operatives in the hospital to surrender.”
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In the original broadcast, the BBC newscaster made sure to repeat the scandalous lie twice in case anyone missed it or misunderstood it. <a href="https://t.co/uio5O44Jri">https://t.co/uio5O44Jri</a> <a href="https://t.co/pUGaFNO38y">pic.twitter.com/pUGaFNO38y</a>
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Later, another presenter offered a muted apology on behalf of the network, stating, “And now, an apology from the BBC. BBC News, as it covered initial reports that Israeli forces had entered Gaza’s main hospital. We said that medical teams and Arabic speakers were being targeted; this was incorrect and misquoted a Reuters report. We should have said IDF forces included medical teams and Arabic speakers for this operation.”
“We apologize for this error, which fell below our usual editorial standards,” she concluded.
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BBC- If you don&#39;t want to apologize over and over again for the false information you propagate against Israel &#8211; maybe just start publishing the truth? <a href="https://t.co/uc62A93yqG">pic.twitter.com/uc62A93yqG</a>
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The BBC’s “usual editorial standards” regarding Israel have included, among numerous others, BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOgFr8_YQbg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">describing</a> leaflets dropped by Israel warning the civilian residents of northern Gaza to move south to safety as “a non-lethal airdrop but full of menace”; BBC News presenter Anjana Gadgil <a href="https://honestreporting.com/bbc-anchor-anjana-gadgil-blood-libel-interview-with-naftali-bennett/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declaring</a>, “The Israeli forces are happy to kill children,”; BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson <a href="https://honestreporting.com/bbcs-lame-excuses-for-not-calling-hamas-terrorists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">justifying</a> the BBC’s refusal to describe what he called the “Hamas gunmen who carried out appalling atrocities in southern Israel” as terrorists, and several journalists working for the BBC who <a href="https://honestreporting.com/bbc-arabic-journos-delete-disturbing-tweets-after-honestreporting-uncovered-anti-israel-posts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> anti-Israel tweets such as calling Israel the “terrorist apartheid state of Israel” and another that labeled all Israelis “terrorists.”

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A top <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamas</a> official stormed out of an interview with the BBC this week after he was asked about the heinous war crimes that the terrorist group committed against Israeli citizens earlier this month where more than 1,400 people were murdered and hundreds were kidnapped.
The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega interviewed Ghazi Hamad on Thursday about the October 7 massacre — which primarily targeted innocent civilians.
The interview came after the terrorists kidnapped Holocaust survivors, raped women, beheaded children, and burned infants alive to the point where their bodies could not be identified.
“There was no command to kill any civilians,” Hamad claimed. “The area there is very wide, there are many people there, and there were clashes and confrontations.”
“It’s not confrontation, you invaded houses,” Bachega responded.
“I can tell you we did not have any intention or decision to kill civilians,” Hamad claimed.
“How do you justify killing people as they sleep, families?” Bachega countered.
Hamad ripped off his microphone, tossed it aside, and declared that the interview was over. “I want to stop this interview,” he said.
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There is overwhelming evidence that the terrorists were instructed to murder as many civilians as possible and to inflict heinous crimes against them that has earned them comparisons to ISIS.
One captured Hamas terrorist told interrogators that the terrorists were &#8220;beheading people, having sex with dead bodies, meaning, the body of a dead young woman.&#8221; When asked by interrogators if the terrorists did that, the captured terrorist responded, &#8220;Yes.&#8221;
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&#8220;Bridgerton&#8221; star Adjoa Andoh broke her silence after she faced some backlash for saying during live coverage of King Charles III&#8217;s coronation that the Buckingham Palace balcony was &#8220;terribly white.&#8221;
During the 60-year-old British actress&#8217; appearance on Saturday on an ITV panel the &#8220;Invictus&#8221; star said &#8220;We have gone from the rich diversity of the Abbey to a terribly white balcony. I am very struck by that.&#8221; The image was that of the King, Queen Camilla and other members of the royal family, the <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bridgertons-adjoa-andoh-breaks-silence-29918132">Mirror</a> reported.
&#8220;I am also looking at those younger generations and thinking: &#8216;What are the nuances that they will inhabit as they grow?&#8221; she added.
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Actress Adjoa Andoh was given a BBC platform to speak of a &quot;terribly white balcony&quot;. Can you imagine them giving someone a platform to speak of a &quot;terribly black&quot; family or a &quot;terribly black&quot; TV show? Why is it ok to dismiss a white family for being white?<a href="https://t.co/OnjZ0thh6j">pic.twitter.com/OnjZ0thh6j</a>
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The video surfaced on Twitter, with people blasting the actress for making &#8220;racist&#8221; comments.
&#8220;Why is it ok to dismiss a white family for being white?&#8221; one person <a href="https://twitter.com/darrengrimes_/status/1654899184128892930?s=20">wrote</a>.
Another <a href="https://twitter.com/plivamuzlajno/status/1654921313427894274?s=20">added</a>, &#8220;Adjoa Andoh is a [racist], and obviously very proud of it. Why is [BBC] promoting racism?&#8221;
Another person tweeted, &#8220;How has Adjoa Andoh got away with that, if it was the other way round it would be deemed racist and all hell would let loose! [bbc] [RoyalFamily].&#8221;
While another wrote, &#8220;How can she get away with that? Anyone of white color would have to make a public apology. Ridiculous, just shows she&#8217;s a racist though.&#8221;
After the star faced some criticism, she went on the BBC and responded to the backlash, noting some people were upset with her.
&#8220;I think I upset a few people yesterday I was talking about the day and how marvelous it was and then looking at the balcony at the end,&#8221; Andoh said. &#8220;‘And I suddenly went &#8216;ooh, it&#8217;s so white&#8217; – because the day had been so so mixed. I didn&#8217;t mean to upset anybody, I just was…&#8221;
A BBC Radio 4 presenter Paddy O&#8217;Connell then interupted the actress and told her she didn&#8217;t have anything to apologize for and said &#8220;You haven&#8217;t upset anyone.&#8221;
And now the British Broadcasting Company is in trouble, with people saying this one broadcaster had no right to say she hadn&#8217;t upset anyone with her comments, the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12059063/BBC-faces-backlash-Adjoa-Andoh-Paddy-OConnell-said-apologise-for.html">Daily Mail</a> noted.
&#8220;Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh has just tried to back track on [bbcradio4], about her comment that the Buckingham Palace balcony was &#8216;terribly white,'&#8221; one person tweeted. &#8220;And then the presenter Paddy O&#8217;Connell tells her that she&#8217;s got nothing to apologize for. Please don&#8217;t speak for me!&#8221;
While another tweeted, &#8220;Paddy O’Connell is an enabler. Where is the impartiality [BBCRadio4]?&#8221;

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> CEO <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> revealed in a Tuesday interview with the BBC that he has dismissed more than 80% of staff members at the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/social-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media</a> company.
The world’s richest man, who acquired the firm at the end of last year in a professed attempt to bolster free expression on the platform, started his tenure by introducing layoffs for many of the 8,000 employees who remained at Twitter. There are currently some 1,500 workers still with the firm, Musk confirmed to BBC technology journalist James Clayton; the entrepreneur described the experience of introducing layoffs as “not fun at all” and “painful.”
“The company’s going to go bankrupt if we do not cut costs immediately,” he commented in the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-65247272" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>. “This is not a caring-uncaring situation. If the whole ship sinks then nobody’s got a job. This hasn’t been some sort of party. It’s been really quite a stressful situation.”
Musk does not regret dismissing the approximately 6,500 employees even though he affirmed the situation was “quite painful.” The layoffs were meant to reorient Twitter toward a greater focus on engineering rather than product management and other non-technical roles.
“In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday,” one email from the company to all employees <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-elon-musk-sends-email-to-twitter-staff-notifying-them-of-mass-layoffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last year. “We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company’s success moving forward.”
Another memo to employees <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-it-elon-musk-tells-twitter-staff-to-work-long-hours-at-high-intensity-or-hit-the-road" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that those who decided to remain with the company could expect to work “extremely hardcore” hours at “high intensity.”
Other prominent technology firms have started to reduce headcount as the elevated consumer demand which followed the lockdown-induced recession recently began to slow. More than 131,000 workers have been dismissed from technology firms so far in 2023, according to a <a href="https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/tech-layoffs/#:~:text=More%20than%2046%2C000%20workers%20in,person%20layoff%20announcements%20this%20week." target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Crunchbase, even after companies nixed about 93,000 positions last year.
Musk is also a prominent critic of remote work arrangements and has largely discontinued the practice within the companies he leads, which also include electric automaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX. The multibillionaire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-remote-work-is-no-longer-acceptable-at-tesla" target="_blank" rel="noopener">informed</a> employees at Tesla that virtual work is “no longer” acceptable and commented on social media that those who disagree with the new policy “should pretend to work somewhere else.” During a town hall meeting with Twitter employees months before the acquisition was finalized, Musk was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-reach-elon-musk-tells-twitter-employees-users-should-be-able-to-tweet-pretty-outrageous-things" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> about remote work, prompting him to assert that staying “on location physically” is far superior to other arrangements.
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The last-minute BBC interview came as Musk faces <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/extremely-messed-up-elon-musk-blasts-activist-groups-for-pushing-advertisers-to-ditch-twitter-destroy-free-speech-in-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backlash</a> from advertisers who claim that Twitter’s new policies surrounding free expression enable an increased amount of so-called hate speech. Large corporations, including Pfizer, Volkswagen, Mondelez International, and General Mills paused their Twitter advertisements after Musk assumed control of the company.
Clayton confronted Musk during the interview over a supposed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-elon-musk-shreds-bbc-reporter-who-claims-hate-speech-is-increasing-name-one-example" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rise</a> in hateful conduct on Twitter. Musk asked him to provide a single example of hate speech Clayton has seen on the platform; the reporter was unable to name a specific instance despite his accusation that he has witnessed an increase in such posts. “So then at some point, you must have seen hateful content,” Musk pressed. “I’m asking for one example and you can’t give a single one.”

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BBC reporter James Clayton sounded flustered and repeatedly asked to &#8220;talk about something else&#8221; when Twitter CEO Elon Musk flipped a &#8220;COVID information&#8221; question around on the reporter.
Musk and Clayton sat down for a somewhat impromptu interview on Tuesday to discuss numerous topics, including the former&#8217;s takeover of Twitter.
&#8220;COVID is no longer an issue,&#8221; Musk told Clayton when asked why Twitter removed its &#8220;COVID misinformation labels.&#8221;
Flipping the question, the 51-year-old asked Clayton, &#8220;Does the BBC hold itself at all responsible for misinformation regarding masking and side effects of vaccinations, and not reporting on that at all?&#8221;
&#8220;And what about the fact that the BBC was put under pressure by the British government to change editorial policy? Are you aware of that?&#8221; Musk continued.
The Tesla CEO is referring to leaked messages <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/14/bbc-editors-asked-journalists-to-avoid-using-lockdown-at-start-of-pandemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by The Guardian, which revealed that BBC editors, following pressure from Downing Street, asked their journalists to avoid using the term “lockdown” while reporting on the pandemic and to be more critical of the Labour Party.
“Hi all – D st (Downing Street) are asking if we can avoid the word ‘lockdown’. I’m told the message will be that they want to keep pushing people to stay at home but they are not talking about enforcement at the moment,” read one obtained BBC message, marked &#8220;IMPORTANT ADVISORY – language re broadcast.&#8221;
An uncomfortable Clayton responded to Musk, &#8220;This is not an interview about the BBC.&#8221;
&#8220;Oh, you thought it wasn&#8217;t,&#8221; Musk answered.
After giving off a laugh, Clayton told Musk, &#8220;I am not a representative of the BBC&#8217;s editorial policy. I want to make that clear.&#8221;
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&#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about something else,&#8221; the reporter said. &#8220;You want to talk about the BBC? Let&#8217;s talk about something else.&#8221;
Musk then said flatly, &#8220;You weren&#8217;t expecting that.&#8221;
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After grilling <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> on lifting censorship, BBC turns to “COVID Misinformation”.
Musk proceeds to call the entire BBC to account for their disinformation on the virus, the vaccine, their collaboration with the government and failure to retract/correct the record.
Epic. <a href="https://t.co/pbQ3c0IYvE">pic.twitter.com/pbQ3c0IYvE</a>
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During the same interview, Musk was pressed by Clayton about alleged &#8220;hate speech&#8221; on Twitter, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-elon-musk-shreds-bbc-reporter-who-claims-hate-speech-is-increasing-name-one-example" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
After the reporter claimed he&#8217;d personally witnessed a rise in &#8220;hate speech&#8221; following Musk&#8217;s takeover of the platform, Musk asked Clayton to give him one example.
After Clayton was unable to provide an example, Musk asked, “Well, then how can you say you’ve seen more hateful content?”
&#8220;At some point, you must have seen hateful content,” the Tesla CEO said. “I’m asking for one example and you can’t give a single one.&#8221;
&#8220;You don’t know what you are talking about,&#8221; Musk said, adding, &#8220;You cannot give me a single example of hateful content, not even one tweet. And yet you claimed that hateful content was high … That is false, you just lied.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-elon-musk-shreds-bbc-reporter-who-claims-hate-speech-is-increasing-name-one-example" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: Elon Musk Shreds BBC Reporter Who Can’t Name ‘One Example’ Of Twitter Hate Speech</a>

‘Let’s Talk About Something Else’: BBC Reporter Squirms When Elon Musk Flips Script To Ask About BBC Misinfo

BBC Reporter James Clayton Squirms When Elon Musk Flips Script To Ask About BBC Misinfo

There&#8217;s an old saying that &#8220;if you come at the king, then you best not miss.&#8221;
That&#8217;s a lesson one BBC journalist should have learned before he tried and failed to challenge self-described &#8220;Chief Twit&#8221; Elon Musk for allegedly allowing &#8220;hate speech&#8221; to flourish on Twitter since purchasing the site. The journalist couldn&#8217;t provide one specific example of hate speech he had seen on Twitter, and Musk took him to task for his unpreparedness in remarkable fashion.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve spoken to people very recently who were involved in moderation and they just say there are not enough people to police this stuff, particularly around hate speech in the company,&#8221; BBC U.S. Tech reporter James Clayton said in an interview released Tuesday night. &#8220;Is that something that you want to address?&#8221;
Musk was quick to ask for clarification from Clayton.
&#8220;What hate speech are you talking about? I mean, you use Twitter,&#8221; he asked. &#8220;Do you see a rise in hate speech? Just a personal anecdote &#8230; I don&#8217;t.&#8221;
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BBC ‘journalism’ at its finest 🤦🏻‍♂️
BBC Journo: “There’s been a rise in hatful content on Twitter.”<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>: “Give me an example.” Journo: “I can’t.” Musk: “You just lied.” <a href="https://t.co/wOfzn5vGfJ">pic.twitter.com/wOfzn5vGfJ</a>
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In turn, Clayton insisted that on his For You page — the tab on Twitter which shows users who you don&#8217;t follow — that he personally gets &#8220;more of that content.&#8221; Musk then asked for more specifics, &#8220;content you don&#8217;t like or &#8230;? Describe a hateful thing.&#8221;
Clayton could not provide an adequate definition.
&#8220;Yeah, you know just, content will solicit a reaction that may include something slightly racist or sexist, those kinds of things,&#8221; he said tepidly.
Musk was understandably perplexed as to how &#8220;slightly sexist&#8221; content could constitute hate speech or be deemed worthy of being banned. Musk again requested that Clayton name one example, but then the journalist admitted that he hadn&#8217;t looked at the ForYou tab in nearly a month after some back and forth.
&#8220;Well, then how can you say you&#8217;ve seen more hateful content?&#8221; Musk asked point-blank.
Clayton claimed he could do so because he had been using Twitter since Musk took over.
&#8220;So then at some point, you must have seen hateful content,&#8221; the Tesla founder said. &#8220;I&#8217;m asking for one example and you can&#8217;t give a single one.&#8221; Clayton stammered and Musk said, &#8220;I say sir that you don&#8217;t know what you are talking about.&#8221;
&#8220;Really?&#8221; the reporter shot back.
&#8220;Yes because you cannot give me a single example of hateful content, not even one tweet,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;And yet you claimed that hateful content was high &#8230; That is false, you just lied.&#8221;
In reaction to the interview, Twitter users lit into the BBC.
&#8220;One would imagine, if you are going to tackle one of the brightest people on the planet, about a company he has recently bought, that you’d come into the discussion at least semi-prepared,&#8221; one Twitter user tweeted. &#8220;What a car wreck of an interview.&#8221;
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One would imagine, if you are going to tackle one of the brightest people on the planet, about a company he has recently bought, that you’d come into the discussion at least semi-prepared. What a car wreck of an interview 🎪
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&#8220;This conversation between Elon Musk and a BBC journalist is hilarious,&#8221; Konstantin Kisin, host of TRIGGERnometry, said. &#8220;Note how quickly these narratives collapse when released into the real world.&#8221;
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This conversation between Elon Musk and a BBC journalist is hilarious. Note how quickly these narratives collapse when released into the real world. <a href="https://t.co/ZnPWUqtZAg">pic.twitter.com/ZnPWUqtZAg</a>
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Indeed, Kisin nailed it on the head. Legacy Media is incapable of defining hate speech. The Left&#8217;s definition essentially boils down to &#8220;speech we don&#8217;t like.&#8221; As a result, the press&#8217;s only course of action is to cite so-called experts on the topic as proof that harmful rhetoric is increasing. When somebody like Musk asks for more proof, they fall short as Clayton did.
It should be noted that Musk insisted that this interview be allowed to air in full on Twitter Spaces, and thank goodness he did.
According to Jack Posobiec, BBC&#8217;s write-up of the interview &#8220;omitted the part where Elon challenged this journalist on ‘hateful content.’&#8221;
&#8220;The article actually says the BBC challenged ELON on hate speech!&#8221; Posobiec added. &#8220;This is why he required the live Twitter Spaces.&#8221;
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Look at how the BBC is covering the interview 
They omitted the part where Elon challenged this journalist on ‘hateful content’
The article actually says the BBC challenged ELON on hate speech!
This is why he required the live Twitter Spaces<a href="https://t.co/A4IQ4pF4J9">https://t.co/A4IQ4pF4J9</a>
&mdash; Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1646139748161912833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Climate</a> advocate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-gates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Gates</a> recently attempted to justify using private jets by noting his investments in various green technology initiatives.
The Microsoft co-founder spurned accusations of hypocrisy during an <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001hsl1/amol-rajan-interviews-bill-gates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with the BBC in Kenya broadcast on Friday, claiming that his decision to “spend billions of dollars” on climate innovations such as carbon capture systems more than accounts for his personal carbon footprint.
“Should I stay at home and not come to Kenya and learn about farming and malaria?” he asked reporter Amol Rajan. “I’m comfortable with the idea that not only am I not part of the problem by paying for the offsets, but also through the billions that my Breakthrough Energy Group is spending, that I’m part of the solution.”
Gates flew more than 213,000 miles on 59 private jet flights in 2017, according to a <a href="https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S016073831930132X?token=124B2ADC718F08DFDDD2C2248A19B7EF4A079AA29328DE2AC4A4F77319B75768C110EEA4113D9EA2EB913FFA1700B9AD&amp;originRegion=us-east-1&amp;originCreation=20230207142459" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> from Linnaeus University economics professor Stefan Gössling. The flight activity created some 1,760 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, which is nearly 109 times higher than the emissions per capita in the United States, according to <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?locations=US" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the World Bank.
As of 2021, Gates had four private jets: two Gulfstream G650ERs that each cost about $70 million and two Bombardier Challenger 350s that each cost $27 million, according to an <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/inside-bill-gates-controversial-194-million-private-jet-/?trk=pulse-article_more-articles_related-content-card" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> from Skyluxe Aviation. The combined value of the vehicles is $194 million.
Business leaders and government officials who call attention to the purported dangers of climate change have frequently garnered backlash for traveling on private jets, which produce an estimated 40 times more carbon per passenger than commercial flights. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has similarly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/climate-czar-john-kerry-on-private-jet-travel-its-the-only-choice-for-somebody-like-me" target="_blank" rel="noopener">touted</a> his work to solve climate change when questioned about his use of a luxury aircraft.
“If you offset your carbon, it’s the only choice for somebody like me who is traveling the world to win this battle,” he contended two years ago. “The time it takes me to get somewhere, I can’t sail across the ocean. I have to fly, meet with people and get things done.”
Attendees of the most recent World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland, likewise received criticism for using private jets to reach the resort village. An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/distasteful-masterclass-in-hypocrisy-climate-group-shreds-world-economic-forum-attendees-for-flying-in-on-hundreds-of-private-jets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> commissioned by Greenpeace found that 1,040 private planes flew in and out of airports servicing Davos during last year’s conference; the vast majority of the jets were embarking on short-haul flights of less than 500 miles that “could have easily been train or car trips,” while one plane carried its passengers a mere 13 miles to attend the event.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-civil-war-greta-thunberg-airs-grievances-against-world-economic-forum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> the bureaucrats and corporate leaders assembled at the conference of hypocrisy regarding their climate commitments.
“We are right now in Davos where basically the people who are mostly fueling the destruction of the planet, the people who are at the very core of the climate crisis, the people who are investing in fossil fuels, and yet somehow these are the people that we seem to rely on solving our problems,” she said. “They have proven time and time again that they are not prioritizing that. They are prioritizing self-greed, corporate greed and short-term economic profits above people and above planet.”

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Chinese police arrested a journalist for the BBC who was covering the massive protests that were breaking out across the country in responses to the communist nation&#8217;s draconian coronavirus lockdown measures.
The protests <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protests-against-covid-lockdowns-erupt-across-china-some-turn-violent">reportedly</a> began on Thursday after ten people were killed in a fire at a residential high-rise building in Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang autonomous region. Videos of the incident posted on social media spawned accusations that lockdowns contributed to the deaths, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/world/asia/china-protests-covid.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> and Reuters reported. Residents of the city have been locked down and prevented from leaving their homes for as long as 100 days at a time, Reuters added.
Outside Shanghai, major cities and college campuses were also the scenes of major protests. Reuters reported that demonstrations broke out in the cities of Wuhan, Chengdu, Lanzhou, and Beijing on Sunday. Protests in Wuhan reportedly turned violent, with demonstrators smashing through metal barricades, overturning testing tents, and demanding an end to lockdowns. The New York Times reported another protest in the city of Korla in northern Xinjiang.
Journalist Edward Lawrence, who has since been released, was seen being roughed up by the Chinese police in videos that went viral on social media.
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Shanghai, BBC reporter Edward Lawrence was randomly arrested by Chinese police.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGreatTranslationMovement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGreatTranslationMovement</a> <a href="https://t.co/PMq8rHszlm">pic.twitter.com/PMq8rHszlm</a>
&mdash; The Great Translation Movement 大翻译运动官方推号 (@TGTM_Official) <a href="https://twitter.com/TGTM_Official/status/1596987324822622208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The BBC released a statement saying that it was &#8220;extremely concerned&#8221; about the deteriorating situation in China and how the nation&#8217;s authorities were treating reporters.
&#8220;The BBC is extremely concerned about the treatment of our journalist Ed Lawrence, who was arrested and handcuffed while covering the protests in Shanghai,&#8221; the publication said. &#8220;He was held for several hours before being released. During his arrest, he was beaten and kicked by the police. This happened while he was working as an accredited journalist.&#8221;
&#8220;It is very worrying that one of our journalists was attacked in this way whilst carrying out his duties,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;We have had no official explanation or apology from the Chinese authorities, beyond a claim by the officials who later released him that they had arrested him for his own good in case he caught Covid from the crowd. We do not consider this a credible explanation.&#8221;
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A statement from the BBC on what happened to me in Shanghai last night while doing my job. 
I understand at least one local national was arrested after trying to stop the police from beating me. 
Thanks very much for the kind words and messages of concern. <a href="https://t.co/weoDAMakvO">https://t.co/weoDAMakvO</a>
&mdash; Edward Lawrence (@EP_Lawrence) <a href="https://twitter.com/EP_Lawrence/status/1597072695337766912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Lawrence posted another video since the incident where he showed police were forcing people to show authorities their phones and then were forcing those people to delete photos and videos from the protests.
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People being forced to delete photos by the police today at the of the last two days of protests <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/shanghai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#shanghai</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/china?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#china</a> <a href="https://t.co/VS1kFSoh3x">pic.twitter.com/VS1kFSoh3x</a>
&mdash; Edward Lawrence (@EP_Lawrence) <a href="https://twitter.com/EP_Lawrence/status/1597160110518067201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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John Rigolizzo contributed to this report.

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reportedly changed a victim&#8217;s statement in order to avoid the backlash that could have been sparked if they had allowed her to publicly misgender her rapist.
According to a report from the Times of London, the BBC published a story about a woman who claimed that she had been raped — but her alleged attacker was a transgender woman.
&#8220;The BBC changed the testimony of a rape victim after a debate over the pronouns of her transgender attacker,&#8221; The Times reported. &#8220;The woman referred to her alleged rapist as &#8216;him&#8217; but insiders said that her words were changed to avoid &#8216;misgendering&#8217; the abuser in an article on the corporation’s website.&#8221;
The report went on to say that throughout the statement, every incidence where the pronouns &#8220;he&#8221; or &#8220;him&#8221; had been used, the BBC altered the language to read &#8220;they&#8221; or &#8220;them&#8221; instead.
&#8220;A source said the quote was the subject of heated debate prior to publication. Some journalists argued that the quote should remain intact, while others said it should reflect the trans woman’s preferred she/her pronouns,&#8221; The Times&#8217; report added.
&#8220;The woman reportedly told the BBC: &#8216;I was too young to argue and had been brainwashed by queer theory so he was a ‘woman’ even if every fiber of my being was screaming throughout, so I agreed to go home with him. He used physical force when I changed my mind upon seeing his penis and raped me,'&#8221; Mediate <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/news/bbc-altered-rape-victims-quote-to-prevent-misgendering-her-transgender-attacker-report/">reported</a>.
The same statement, as published by the BBC, reads: &#8220;[They] threatened to out me as a terf and risk my job if I refused to sleep with [them]. I was too young to argue and had been brainwashed by queer theory so [they were] a ‘woman’ even if every fiber of my being was screaming throughout so I agreed to go home with [them]. [They] used physical force when I changed my mind upon seeing [their] penis and raped me.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-57853385">article in question</a> was published by the BBC in November of 2021, and was titled &#8220;Get the L Out,&#8221; and it addressed the issues surrounding lesbians who felt as though they were being pressured to engage in relations with transgender women who were still biologically male.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve had someone saying they would rather kill me than Hitler,&#8217; says 24-year-old Jennie*,&#8221; the BBC article read, noting that &#8220;Jennie&#8221; — whose real name was redacted to protect her identity — had been called everything from &#8220;transphobic&#8221; to &#8220;TERF&#8221; (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist) — and had been openly threatened with violence.
&#8220;They said they would strangle me with a belt if they were in a room with me and Hitler. That was so bizarrely violent, just because I won&#8217;t have sex with trans women,&#8221; Jennie added.
Another woman who was interviewed for the piece — called &#8220;Chloe&#8221; — said that she felt coerced into penetrative sex with a trans woman who was still biologically male because she had been drinking and did not believe she had consented. But afterward, because she was afraid of how people would react to her complaining about it, she said nothing.
&#8220;The language at the time was very much &#8216;trans women are women, they are always women, lesbians should date them&#8217;. And I was like, that&#8217;s the reason I rejected this person. Does that make me bad? Am I not going to be allowed to be in the LGBT community anymore? Am I going to face repercussions for that instead?&#8217; So I didn&#8217;t actually tell anyone,&#8221; she explained.

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