BBC 1Xtra Facebook Page invaded by pro-Palestinian activists

The BBC 1Xtra Facebook page has been invaded by pro-Palestinian actvisits spreading messages like "Free Palestine"

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You may have heard about the BBC being under attack for using sound effects to mask the lyric "free Palestine" from a performance by rapper Mic Righteous on BBC Radio 1Xtra.

Since the news was released that the BBC censored Palestine, the BBC 1Xtra Facebook page has been invaded by hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists asking BBC 1xtra to play "Lowkey - Long Live Palestine" as a form of apology, they also called the BBC "bias" and labelled them as "Zionists" - for 48 hours non-stop, 100s of activists have been spamming the page saying "Free Palestine"

could this act of digital-activism force the BBC to do something?

Anon

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could be

22.05.2011 16:26

'could this act of digital-activism force the BBC to do something?'

Could cause them to delete some posts and then go on as they were before with 99.9999% of their viewers having no idea of anything having happened.

posterize

donate your licence fee to gaza

22.05.2011 18:34

During operation cast lead the BBC refused to air the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for humanitarian aid to Gaza. If this makes you angry, perhaps it would be a better idea to donate your licence fee to Gaza instead of paying it to them. Anyone who has avoided paying the licence fee can tell you that the enforcement is more bark than bite, and also during the poll tax rebellion people found that by organising in local communities and around the country they could resist attempts from bailiffs - not that they're particularly likely in the event of an unpaid TV licence.

licence fee to gaza

That'll fix everything

22.05.2011 22:36

Good old Facebook, is there no wrong it can't right? No injustice it can't conquer?

FFS.

Brilliant

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Objectivity

26.05.2011 18:02

I imagine that the BBC censored the Free Palestine lyric as it has to be impartial. It does seem heavy-handed to do so in a song, though. I'm sorry not every media outlet fully supports your worldview, but isn't it a good thing to have some kind of objectivity? If the BBC was biased towards the Israelis this board would be red-hot, so you can't expect them to be biased towards the Palestinians.

Richard
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