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ArabeIIaScott · 13/09/2023 06:15

Sherunswithwolves · 12/09/2023 23:54

I've just listened to the Woman's Hour interview with Roisin Murphy which was broadcast on 20/07/23; she is introduced at 39 minutes. There was a live performance of Fader as part of that and it was repeatedly promoted during the show and introduced at 49 minutes. The song has been completely cut. I would very much like the BBC to explain why. I'm guessing a legal disagreement with the record label which has said it won't promote the album.

Wtf is going on?!

WarriorN · 13/09/2023 05:49

Linked by biff in the last thread

www.standard.co.uk/insider/hadley-freeman-author-journalist-interview-free-speech-b1105347.html

WarriorN · 13/09/2023 05:49

Hadley discussing her experiences and mentioning Murphy :

But she was determined to take part in the Evening Standard’s inquiry because she believes free speech though far from the subject she set out to champion is essential for a democracy.

She is serious about it, immediately launching into an emotional monologue about the recent cancelling of Irish singer-songwriter Roisin Murphy over her criticism of puberty blockers for children in a private Facebook post. “I think it’s disgraceful, the way so many women have been silenced and lost work for saying, actually, incredibly mild and scientifically-proven, bioligically-true, medically-backed-up things,” she tells me, referencing the backlash Murphy has received in the fortnight since: two of her upcoming London shows being cancelled, her record label choosing to donate proceeds from her upcoming album to charity, and being forced to issue a public apology. “It’s actually totalitarian.”

WarriorN · 13/09/2023 05:39

Previous thread:

Roisin Murphy www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4879267-roisin-murphy

I listened to the WH a week or two ago and noticed the absence of the song; I can't see they'd remove that but leave the interview? It's odd as obviously the bbc always do live music - can you usually listen again?

I can't seem to listen to any of her prior music on 6 music

Summerslimtime · 13/09/2023 05:32

@TragicMuse

And I finally deleted the guardian app
Out of interest, where do you get your news now?

Datun · 13/09/2023 05:17

Is the BBC subject to FOI? Why isn't this discrimination on the basis of a protected belief?

LunaNorth · 13/09/2023 04:31

Oh ffs.

There’s only one programme I bother listening to on 6music these days anyway.

So, Radcliffe and Maconie. Fgs move to somewhere less batshit!

MrsJamin · 13/09/2023 04:28

How is someone cancelled who has the same stance on unecessary drugs for children as the NHS?! Don't want to listen to 6 music anymore!

QueenBitch666 · 13/09/2023 01:41

Beyond disgraceful. I cancelled my license fee years ago. Do it online. It's so easy

AvacadoFieldsForever · 13/09/2023 01:31

We can watch a lot of men play sport, talk about sport.

We can listen to lots of highly sexualised music and music about drug abuse. Music from men who have been open about sleeping with underage fans. We have lots of data that shows music rotations and award shows are male dominated.

we can listen to lots of unqualified and unchallenged opinions from rank amateurs about blockers and surgery

But we can’t listen to the music or interviews from a woman who posted one slightly controversial post on a private social media account.

Mummyoflittledragon · 13/09/2023 01:19

This is outrageous. When is the government going to do something about the bbc?

Biffology · 13/09/2023 00:56

@OvaHere

That slow decline is developing into a nose-dive.

FriendofJoanne · 13/09/2023 00:42

Ok that’s annoying - I thought tv license was just for bbc. The website states it’s needed for all live tv including itv and c4. My dh watches a lot of live sport

FriendofJoanne · 13/09/2023 00:36

Yep that’s the final straw for me - I think I’ll have to cancel my license

Sherunswithwolves · 13/09/2023 00:24

@Brewdug I don't think it's for rights reasons. The Desert Island Discs show on Sounds always explains when songs can't be played. This has just been excised entirely from the interview.

Failingatthemoment · 13/09/2023 00:20

So the Bbc protects JS so he got away with abusing kids and they cancel the voice of reason

Brewdug · 13/09/2023 00:17

Sherunswithwolves · 12/09/2023 23:54

I've just listened to the Woman's Hour interview with Roisin Murphy which was broadcast on 20/07/23; she is introduced at 39 minutes. There was a live performance of Fader as part of that and it was repeatedly promoted during the show and introduced at 49 minutes. The song has been completely cut. I would very much like the BBC to explain why. I'm guessing a legal disagreement with the record label which has said it won't promote the album.

Rights reasons? That sometimes happens on some podcast versions of BBC shows I listen to. But a live performance suggests it's a session recording that will be theirs. Why cut the song and not the whole thing though?

DrBlackbird · 13/09/2023 00:14

The word that comes to mind is vindictive. A woman worries about the effects of medication on children and the response is ‘we’re going to show you who’s boss here’?!

OvaHere · 13/09/2023 00:11

The BBC is a disgrace. Their slow, painful decline is entirely of their own making.

whynotwhatknot · 13/09/2023 00:06

theyve got a front after letting js carry on for years

DrBlackbird · 12/09/2023 23:54

Mollyollydolly · 12/09/2023 23:31

This is so batshit I cant help wondering if there's more to it, but I can't think what. It's so utterly insane and a terrible look for the BBC. WTF are they thinking - I worked there all my working life, have they completely lost the plot?

This is what I think too. Surely the govt is going to step in and say this is unacceptable like they did with Coutts?!

Gothambutnotahamster · 12/09/2023 23:54

Ofcourseshecan · 12/09/2023 23:19

I mourn the BBC of my youth, which ‘spoke truth to power’. How weak and dishonest it has become. Like the Guardian. Where are the campaigning liberal news media that I used to trust and admire?

I have more respect now for the conservative media I used to despise.

Me too! The BBC is so fucking out of order!

Sherunswithwolves · 12/09/2023 23:54

I've just listened to the Woman's Hour interview with Roisin Murphy which was broadcast on 20/07/23; she is introduced at 39 minutes. There was a live performance of Fader as part of that and it was repeatedly promoted during the show and introduced at 49 minutes. The song has been completely cut. I would very much like the BBC to explain why. I'm guessing a legal disagreement with the record label which has said it won't promote the album.

RealityFan · 12/09/2023 23:45

This is the worst, most unpleasant combination.
Fear...of the young woke staff, of perceived fear of a backlash if she was featured.
Arrogance...that the great BBC can do no wrong, has it's finger on the pulse, is the voice of the nation.
The combination is like the worst kind of passive aggressive.