UK soccer in a BLM mess. Sky & Sky Sports are owned by Comcast/NBC Universal:
2 Jul: UK Sun: WATCH YOUR WORDS Sky Sports add ‘nitty gritty’ to banned list due to ‘slavery links’ as leaked email shows prohibited words
by Dave Fraser
Match reporters and commentators are said to have been sent the message in a bid to ensure they are aware of the connotations particular phrases have...
... Sky Sports have put on extra sessions with anti-racism organisation Kick It Out and the PFA (Professional Footballers’ Association).
The broadcasters were keen to ensure all reporters used appropriate language and were sensitive with their phrasing while discussing Black Lives Matter stories.
And “nitty gritty” has emerged as one such phrase that must be avoided, according to the Daily Mail.
While there is some debate over the origin of the phrase, it’s believed it refers to the debris left after a slave ship was emptied.
However, the list of banned words is said to have sparked uproar amongst some Sky Sports staff - who claim they now face an “absolute minefield” every time the go on air...
The source said: “There are phrases most people would have absolutely no idea would cause offence and that, to be frank, I’d be amazed if people were offended by.
“It’s making what is already a difficult job harder and it feels unnecessary.
“There are obvious things that should not be said and I think everyone believes that education on these issues needs to be improved.
“But this feels like we are tripping over ourselves.”...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/12008216/sky-sports-banned-words-list-leaked/
3 Jul: Daily Mail: Now you see them, now you don’t! BLM badges disappear again from Sky Sports’ Premier League after returning for a day – after the BBC branded them ‘political’ and BANNED them from screens
•Roy Keane, Graeme Souness and Jamie Carragher ditched BLM badges tonight
•Sky Sports’ pundits had opted to wear the emblem during coverage a day earlier
•Broadcaster allowing presenters to make their own decision on whether to wear
By Faith Ridler
Sky is allowing pundits to make their own decisions about whether they wear the badges - with Patrice Evra ditching it on Tuesday, but Ashley Cole continuing to wear it on Wednesday...
The BBC yesterday banned pundits and guests from wearing BLM badges, with a senior source at the corporation telling the Daily Telegraph bosses decided they did not want ‘visual symbols of support’ for the movement to be worn on screen.
On Sunday’s Match of the Day, neither Alan Shearer or Micah Richards were wearing Black Lives Matter badges...
The BBC source told the Daily Telegraph: ‘The BBC cannot be seen to support any kind of cause over another, and Black Lives Matter is certainly a campaign.
‘Therefore we wouldn’t want anyone on-screen to be wearing visual symbols of support. Our presenters and guests can discuss Black Lives Matter, and we’ve reported on it in depth...
*** Matt Le Tissier said he had only worn the badge after being asked to do so by bosses at the broadcaster (Sky/Comcast/NBC Universal), while stressing he ‘could not support’ the cause’s anti police and capitalist aims.
He had, along with fellow Sky pundit Jamie Carragher, appeared on air wearing a BLM badge.
However, on Wednesday nights coverage David Jones, James Collins and Ashley Cole were all still wearing the badges in Sky’s coverage of Bournemouth vs Newcastle and Everton vs Leicester.
The Black Lives Matter logo was also shown on the broadcaster’s pre-match graphic...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8484813/BLM-badges-disappear-Sky-Sports-Premier-League.html
Insanity upon insanity
Nigel Farage’s old radio station before his contract was dropped over BLM/Antifa/Taliban talk:
Tweet: Iain Dale, Presenter LBC Radio
I see BLMUK have removed the ‘defund the Police’ part of their policy platform on their GoFundMe page. The ‘Abolish capitalism’ bit still remains.
Everyone can support the slogan ‘Black Lives Matter’, but I do not and will never support an organisation which is proto-Marxist.
2 Jul 2020
reply:
They haven’t removed it, still in the original information, just click ‘read more’...
“Developing and delivering training, police monitoring and strategies for the abolition of police.”
reply:
This could have avoided getting so messy if you had listened to Nigel Farage, LBC just sacked him for telling the truth!
https://twitter.com/IainDale/status/1278617544065036288
GoFundMe: UKBLM FUND
Black Lives Matter UK (BLMUK) is a coalition of black activists and organisers across the UK. We’ve been organising since 2016 for justice in our communities.
We’re guided by a commitment to dismantle imperialism, capitalism, white-supremacy, patriarchy and the state structures that disproportionately harm black people in Britain and around the world. We build deep relationships across the diaspora and strategise to challenge the rise of the authoritarian right-wing across the world, from Brazil to Britain...
Our commitment to all black lives means that we lift up the experiences of the most marginalised in our communities, including but not limited to working class queer, trans, undocumented, disabled, Muslim, sex workers, women/non-binary, HIV+ people...
How we’ll spend the funds!
Developing and delivering training, police monitoring and strategies for the abolition of police...
https://au.gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fund
behind paywall, but article reports on what is on UK BLM GoFundMe website:
2 Jul: UK Telegraph: Of course black lives matter, but the unelected BLM Marxists should not matter
More and more people, after rushing to show they’re not racist by “taking the knee”, will think twice on realising BLM’s hardcore radicalism
by Tom Harris
(BLM website) “We’re guided by a commitment to dismantle imperialism, capitalism, white-supremacy, patriarchy and the state structures that disproportionately harm black people in Britain and around the world.”...