Teh One Who Knocks
02-10-2017, 01:03 PM
By Kieran Corcoran - Heat Street
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The BBC has pulled a promo video which mocked England after it was accused of stoking racism.
The Corporation axed a video meant to psyche up fans in Wales ahead of a major sports fixture between the neighbouring UK regions.
The 20-second clip, highlighting a game of rugby in the major Six Nations championship, barely included any words.
Instead it was a series of Welsh fans responding to the question “What’s good about England?”
http://i.imgur.com/gOVtZZ2.jpg
None of them said anything, but simply wore blank or bemused expressions as they looked for something nice to say about their near neighbors.
The suggestion, of course, is that nothing is good about England, which riled some fans.
It was referred to as “parochial rubbish“, “beyond embarrassing” and “borderline racism” on social media.
After the backlash became clear, BBC executives began pulling the video from everywhere it had been published.
As of Friday, the footage is unavailable on any BBC platforms – but was captured by some newspaper websites, who continue to host the footage.
A BBC Wales spokesman said: “No offence was intended. It was meant to be tongue in cheek but clearly didn’t hit the right note.”
http://i.imgur.com/mQRnJHlh.jpg
The BBC has pulled a promo video which mocked England after it was accused of stoking racism.
The Corporation axed a video meant to psyche up fans in Wales ahead of a major sports fixture between the neighbouring UK regions.
The 20-second clip, highlighting a game of rugby in the major Six Nations championship, barely included any words.
Instead it was a series of Welsh fans responding to the question “What’s good about England?”
http://i.imgur.com/gOVtZZ2.jpg
None of them said anything, but simply wore blank or bemused expressions as they looked for something nice to say about their near neighbors.
The suggestion, of course, is that nothing is good about England, which riled some fans.
It was referred to as “parochial rubbish“, “beyond embarrassing” and “borderline racism” on social media.
After the backlash became clear, BBC executives began pulling the video from everywhere it had been published.
As of Friday, the footage is unavailable on any BBC platforms – but was captured by some newspaper websites, who continue to host the footage.
A BBC Wales spokesman said: “No offence was intended. It was meant to be tongue in cheek but clearly didn’t hit the right note.”