Current Events > BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of rightwing backlash

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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/10/david-attenborough-bbc-wild-isles-episode-rightwing-backlash-fears

"the truth is upsetting to some of us, so it's best to just not talk about it"

lmfao

we are so fucking screwed.

People forget BBC is pretty conservative itself

We should really just round up all of the Tory MPs and have a bit of a guillotine party at this point.

I don't entirely blame them.

I had to listen to a relative recently lamenting on about how when they showed the melting ice and the scarce hint of the world 'changing climate' sent them into a froth. This same person also says PTSD doesn't exist, but bigfoot does, so...

Why are we trying to spare right wing feewings? Rend them asunder, much like they prefer to do....anyone else.

clown world

Hasn't he been talking about this stuff in his shows for decades?

The David Attenborough documentaries are fantastic but it's getting a bit tedious when every 5 minutes you get "but global warming bad". Yeah, we know it is, stop banging on about it.

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Fear of offending them so they get their way is kinda what they want tbqh.

Trelve posted...

The David Attenborough documentaries are fantastic but it's getting a bit tedious when every 5 minutes you get "but global warming bad". Yeah, we know it is, stop banging on about it.

you want him to stop complaining about something thats gonna destroy humanity.

big brain ya got thur

So right-wingers are offended by reality? Wait, who are supposed to be the snowflakes again?

Gritty posted...

you want him to stop complaining about something thats gonna destroy humanity.

big brain ya got thur

We don't need to hear him talk about it every episode. It's depressing.

Appropriate response:
"Sucks about those birds, but you can drive from London to Edinburgh within eight hours now."

Trelve posted...

We don't need to hear him talk about it every episode. It's depressing.

that's a "you" problem, snowflake

CommonStar posted...

People forget BBC is pretty conservative itself

People always forget how much conservatives love BBC.

This is literally them winning.

I hope this doesn't become a trend.

Background_Guy posted...

Hasn't he been talking about this stuff in his shows for decades?

Yeah, but doing so now is "woke" because a lot of right wingers a gigantic fucking cock heads.

What with this and Gary Lineker being booted from Match of the Day for pointing out that the immigration policies are more than a little flashy, you'd almost start to suspect that the Beeb was currently being run by someone who was chosen because he was a personal mate of Boris who paid him 800k to get the job.

Gritty posted...

you want him to stop complaining about something thats gonna destroy humanity.

When he's narrating nature shit, yes. I just want the play by play of whatever animals are doing whatever stuff with his awesome voice. I don't want to hear the same preach we get from every other activist, he can go on the news for that.

agoat posted...

I just @'d a server full of conservatives about climate change and they were more annoyed by the @

Conservative-types, and adjacent, are completely indifferent about climate change - until someone proposes social-engineering or straight-up prohibition in its name.

"Oh well, I'll just crank up the AC" vs "fuck you, I'm buying two gas stoves now!"

If you think hearing about climate change is annoying, you're not going to like living through it.

https://youtu.be/d02AZSUFeMM

Facts don't care about their feelings.

Zero_Destroyer posted...

that's a "you" problem, snowflake

You're right. I want to watch nature documentaries to learn about the wonder of the natural world. Stopping every 5 minutes to say "oh if only humans weren't so bad this bear might have something to eat" gets tiring. And repeat this every episode. We get it.

Trelve posted...

The David Attenborough documentaries are fantastic but it's getting a bit tedious when every 5 minutes you get "but global warming bad". Yeah, we know it is, stop banging on about it.

I mean, his late brother Richard's works were all like "reviving dinosaurs bad" every 5 minutes.

FortuneCookie posted...

I mean, his late brother Richard's works were all like "reviving dinosaurs bad" every 5 minutes.

...maybe David's documentaries need Sam Jackson?

Questionmarktarius posted...

...maybe David's documentaries need Sam Jackson?

There'd be a 90% chance he got killed by the wildlife.

Damnit, Lineker getting canceled over that tweet. What a load of crap, what he said was right.

So long as the Beeb is a government entity, it exists and acts on the whim of the current government.

agoat posted...

the west will be cushioned from the worst of it even if we are the most deserving of mother nature's wrath

Ha ha don't worry it will keep getting worse and that won't be the case

That's not at all funny though

Looks like conservatives being snowflakes is something America and England have in common.

Trelve posted...

You're right. I want to watch nature documentaries to learn about the wonder of the natural world. Stopping every 5 minutes to say "oh if only humans weren't so bad this bear might have something to eat" gets tiring. And repeat this every episode. We get it.

So should he make up a fake reason why the animals can't eat and the ice is disappearing or should they just not have a voice over for any part where the nature is being impacted by climate change? Sounds like you don't want the documentary part of a nature documentary. Might I suggest walking around in the woods yourself then?

So Linekar forced out, Attenborough pushed online incase someone actually sees his message, who loves to cry cancel culture again?

TomClark posted...

What with this and Gary Lineker being booted from Match of the Day for pointing out that the immigration policies are more than a little flashy, you'd almost start to suspect that the Beeb was currently being run by someone who was chosen because he was a personal mate of Boris who paid him 800k to get the job.

Now, now. I am sure the head of the BBC being a large Tory donor has no relation to him pushing them more right wing.

At least the show will be on iplayer I guess. Still fucking pathetic they are bowing to nutcases though.

Background_Guy posted...

Hasn't he been talking about this stuff in his shows for decades?

We've finally reached the point where we're starting to see the negative effects of climate change in our daily lives. So right-wingers are becoming increasingly aggressive when it comes to keeping their heads buried in the sand; this will only get worse the more they realize (if not openly admit) that they picked the wrong side in this self-fabricated politicization.

Trelve posted...

You're right. I want to watch nature documentaries to learn about the wonder of the natural world. Stopping every 5 minutes to say "oh if only humans weren't so bad this bear might have something to eat" gets tiring. And repeat this every episode. We get it.

Is that wonder of the world being directly negatively impacted by climate change? If so, then you are going to and should hear about it.

Every.
Single.
Time.

This is something people should be able to just ignore. And nature documentaries absolutely should not be ignoring it. You cannot talk about nature and not talk about how the rapidly changing climate conditions that humans are causing. They are intrinsically interlinked.

Trelve posted...

You're right. I want to watch nature documentaries to learn about the wonder of the natural world. Stopping every 5 minutes to say "oh if only humans weren't so bad this bear might have something to eat" gets tiring. And repeat this every episode. We get it.

...maybe we should start eating bears

Questionmarktarius posted...

...maybe David's documentaries need Sam Jackson?

I'm tired of this mother fucking climate change on this mother fucking Earth! - Sam Attenborough

Questionmarktarius posted...

...maybe we should start eating bears

With the exception of black bears, their meat tastes terrible.