BBC edits out "Free Palestine" at BAFTAs, leaves in racial slur from man with Tourette Syndrome
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February 23, 2026
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The BBC did people with Tourette Syndrome no favors by broadcasting a racial slur at the BAFTA awards. That they could have spared audiences was evident from the two-hour tape delay and the editing out of Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr's cry of "Free Palestine!" — Read the rest
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