BBC 'regrets' not pulling Glastonbury live stream after anti-Israel remarks
British public broadcaster the BBC apologised Monday for not pulling a live stream of a punk-rap group's performance at the Glastonbury festival when they made anti-Israel remarks.
"With hindsight we should have pulled the stream during the performance. We regret this did not happen," the broadcaster said of Bob Vylan's show, in which the group led the crowds in chants of "Death to the IDF", the initials of Israeli military.
BBC's decision to keep the set streaming live was condemned by British PM Keir Starmer. The BBC said "millions of people" watched its coverage of the festival "but one performance within our livestreams included comments that were deeply offensive". "The BBC respects freedom of expression but stands firmly against incitement to violence," it added. afp
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