BBC says live coverage of Glastonbury set should have been pulled
BBC said that Bob Vylan’s performance in Glastonbury should cut a live broadcast and the group’s singer crowd “Death, Death, IDF directed to IDF [Israel Defense Forces]”.
In a statement published on Monday, the BBC said, “The team was dealing with a live situation, but we should have the flow during the performance. We were sorry that it wasn’t happening.”
The broadcast regulator ofcomes came after saying that there are “questions to answer” on the scope of the BBC, and the government questioned why the comments were published.
Glastonbury organizers previously said that they were “horrified” with “comments that have passed a line”.
On Monday, a BBC spokesman said: “BBC respects freedom of expression, but stands close to encourage violence.
“The anti -Semitic emotions expressed by Bob Vylan were completely unacceptable and had no place in our air waves.”
“In the light of this weekend, we will look at our guidance about live events, so we can be sure that the teams are clear about when the air output is acceptable.”
The BBC said that the performance had a warning on the screen and that it could not watch it on İplayer.
The debate surrounds Bobby Vylan’s interpretations by Bob Vylan’s singer who entered the name of the stage during his performance at the festival on Saturday.
During a part of the group’s set, the singer cheered in “Free, Free Palestine” and said, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” he said. Some use as a call for Palestinian control of all lands between the Jordanian River and the Mediterranean, including the Jordan River and Israel.
Critics say that the slogan is a call for the destruction of the Israeli state.
This interpretation is being discussed by pro -Palestinian activists, who says that Israel calls not Israel’s destruction, but to end Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and the blockage of Gaza.
On Monday, ofcom said he was in contact with BBC and asked for an explanation about why the comments were published.
“We are very worried about the live flow of this performance, and the BBC’s questions to be answered clearly.
“We talk to the BBC at the weekend and we receive more information as a matter of urgency, including which procedures to ensure compliance with their editorial instructions.”
Bob Vylan is a London-based British Punk-Rap duo founded in Ipswich in 2017. Previously, they took the stage at Reading and Leeds festivals and their offspring, such as Hives and Biffy Clyro.
On Sunday, as a message accompanying the singer Instagram, “I told what I said”.
In general, he defended political activism by writing by writing, which is important to see that young people shout at every stage offered to us, without referring to the performance of Saturday.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer branded the “Hate Speech” on the stage, and both cheering and BBC’s scope of them was the cross -condemnation of the party.
Shortly after the performance, the government said that Cultural Secretary Lisa Nandy had suppressed BBC General Manager Tim Davie for an emergency statement.
Glastonbury’s organizers also removed themselves from Bob Vylan’s performance.
They said: “The conditions have passed a lot of line and we remind everyone who participated in the construction of the festival in Glastonbury in anti -Semitism, hate speech or violence.”
