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UPDATE: Now that the threat of half of the page politically absorbing the other seems to have waned, the BBC is back to forgetting about Canada on it's “US & Canada" page/section.

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(and like.. it's not like there wasn't news this week...)

#BBC #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #USA
bbc.com/news/us-canada

BBC NewsUS & Canada | Latest News & Updates | BBC NewsGet all the latest news, live updates and content about the US & Canada from across the BBC.

10 days after appearing in court for #terrorism charges, and 2 days before their #Glastonbury performance, which still faces threats of being cancelled (as other #festivals have done) and/or removed from #BBC broadcast, #Kneecap have just cocreated and released a video: "we are not the story", proceeding to illustrate the legal definition of #genocide with testimonies from medical staff and #Palestinian casualties in #Gaza. ✊🏽#Repost #retoot #boycott #divest #bds

stopthegenocide.info/

Hey #BBC fucked-face morons, I would gladly pay you ridiculous sums of money for unfettered access to iPlayer from Canada. You don't let me do that. Instead I pay a VPN ridiculous sums of money so that I can access it. You get nothing.

I will not pay for Britbox or any other half-assed solution. I want iPlayer. Please, just let me give you my money.

Wow! The BBC web site just started requiring a subscription. So sad. I really enjoyed a different perspective on the news. (Different than US-based news orgs.)

Can I afford a subscription? Yes? Will I? No. (Note: I do not subscribe to any US news sites either.)

But I will have to go looking for a good replacement.

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@fulelo Since I pay the #BBC’s rather expensive licence fee for TV already, there’s no way in hell I’m paying more to listen, read or watch any bbc content on my devices. I don’t spend the day in front of the TV, so if information is not available freely online, I’ll do without. I would add this simply reduces the BBC soft power around the world, much like what is happening with @w7voa and the USA cancellations of it.

Just been told we're recruiting for a new Senior Architect permanent role at the BBC working across TVs & other devices for iPlayer and Sounds content.

* Hybrid: 1-2 days/week in London/Salford/Newcastle office
* 35 hour working week
* Salary: £75-85k
* Up to 10% pension contribution + loads more benefits
* 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
* Very inclusive & flexible work environment

More info:
careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Senior-A

careers.bbc.co.ukSenior ArchitectSenior Architect

Palestine Chronicle - Day 627!

All the news & analysis on the ongoing Zionist genocide in Gaza & the West Bank (& now Iran) that you won’t get from the genocide-enabling #Vichy #MSM - including the #Zionist-aligned #BBC!

palestinechronicle.com/#

@EFJEurope
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@guardian @Independent @thetimes
@CNN @msnbc @nytimes @politico @latimes @miamiherald @NewYorker @seattletimes @BostonGlobe

Palestine ChronicleHome Page - Palestine Chronicle
#Press#Israel#US

Quoting Masha Gessen on why the story of antisemitism needs to be rewritten, starting in New York (apropos Zohran Mamdani):

[…] If there is such a thing as correct answers in politics, Mamdani had them. It ought to be uncontroversial for a mayor to focus on his city and for a politician to assert the value of equal rights. But the exchange fueled accusations of antisemitism.

Masha Gessen shows how the definition of #antisemitism has expanded to silence criticism of Israeli actions. Zohran Mamdani faces anti-Muslim slurs and doctored campaign materials all while being labeled antisemitic for supporting equal rights and focusing on local issues. Gessen argues that this conflation undermines understanding of actual antisemitism and creates fear that politicians exploit.

nytimes.com/2025/06/24/opinion or archive.is/dmpoa

I totally agree with @Naureckas - This is about the #NYT, #WSJ, #BBC and many other Western outlets who historically pushed against any expression of opinion contradicting the established narrative. Is there any other reason why a the BBC never asked Avi Shlaim on any of their shows for commentary? kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/1147

As an Israeli I’m well aware that most liberal mainstream Western media functions as a propaganda mechanism when it uncritically amplifies pro-Israel narratives when it systematically ignores 77 years of occupation. It’s an absurd that some of them exhibit more deference to Israel than Israeli media such as #Haaretz, which, despite its flaws and position within the establishment that resists peace, at least produces some critical analyses that are noticeably absent form some “liberal” press in the West.

Questioning established narratives invites accusations of “antisemitism”, and in turn allows Israel to break every international law, including those defining the terms of the occupation itself, often obscured with a cynical framing as “conflict” or “terrorism.”

To address this legacy, Western media must acknowledge history and facilitate discussions that may indeed question Israel’s right to exist, as that’s the core of the issue. Palestine’s partition fundamentally contradicted the UN charter’s own principle of right to self-determination, and paved the way for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine’s majority population in 1948. This displacement of one population while securing overwhelming international support effectively made the Holocaust the Palestinians’ problem rather than Europeans’.

While we cannot undo all of that, we must allow discussions about solutions that consider reality, not only Israel’s anxieties, often expressed through cynical weaponization of the memory of the #Holocaust and antisemitism.​​​​​​​​​​​​​

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide

The New York Times · Opinion | The Story of Antisemitism Needs to Be Rewritten, Starting in New YorkBy M. Gessen