Did BBC Just Censor Kulbhushan's name from Asad Umar's Interview?

[MBT 3000]

liafa jounrnos and libs will be sleeping showing their hypocrisy

 

[valkyr_96]

did they not back track after grilling Farooq Sattar on Altaf Hussain and the Pakistani calls made to the Met police?

 

[Mentee]

May the English blue eyes turn black and their kids grow black lots.

 

[JohnWick]

Nothing so serious about it.

 

[rizhussain44]

On BBC's sickening act of abolishing Indian state terrorist Kulbhushan's name from the interview, Pakistan should act against the channel locally and on international front. It was an interview by the Government Official and they cannot abolish content as per their choice.

If Pakistan acts, BBC will be on the back foot.

As per their latest tweets they will add that omitted part and air the interview again.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1073255219239272450

 

[rak_987]

BBC exposed itself, good going by PTI to put across the statement and reveal BBC as a propaganda tool.

CNN & BBC have damaged Pakistan in 18 years than any other state ever did

 

[Syed1.]

This is for the all the people who claim Pakistani media is not free. They have the freedom to say anything and they use it to damage the National Security of Pakistan and at the same time look at BBC they censored Asad Umar's mention of Kulbhushan Jadhav's name when asked who was responsible for attacking CPEC. They were protecting their own National interest as it would damage their relations with India.

The best part is in the same interview the host asks why is Pakistani media being censored and then goes on to accuse the Government of not letting a free media prosper in Pakistan.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1073121469566238720

Excellent... the best defense is attack. Go on the offensive.

As per their latest tweets they will add that omitted part and air the interview again.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1073255219239272450

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Yeah the interview was just "long enough" to cut out Yadav's name, and fit perfectly in the time slot when his name was cut.... these people think we are dumb


BBC now trying to put out fires by feigning innocence.

 

[Mugen]

Really impressed with the Pakistani Government, esp. The minister who brought this to public attention. It seems like Pakistan will no longer sit back and watch propaganda against it go on.

 

[Chakar The Great]

This has high lighted the issue perhaps more than if Kulbhushan's name was originally aired. Loving it.

 

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BBC says omission of Kulbhushan remark from Asad Umar interview 'not an act of censorship'


Dawn.comUpdated December 13, 2018
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A screengrab from Finance Minister Asad Umar's interview on BBC's Hardtalk programme.

After criticism from Pakistani Twitterati, the BBC on Thursday stated that the omission of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav's mention from its interview with Finance Minister Asad Umar was "not an act of censorship" and that it was edited out because the programme was too long to be broadcast on TV.

In an interview to BBC’s Stephen Sackur for the well-known show Hardtalk, the minister answered questions regarding various issues of national importance. The TV version of the interview, however, did not contain his mention of Jadhav, who was sentenced to death in 2017 by a Pakistani military tribunal for his involvement in espionage.

See: Who is Kulbhushan Jadhav?

"The reason Kulbhushan Jadhav’s name was deleted from the TV version of the HARDtalk interview with Asad Umar has a simple technical explanation," said a tweet from the programme's Twitter handle. "The recorded interview was too long for our broadcast slot and so had to be edited."


BBC HARDtalk

✔@BBCHARDtalk

The reason Kulbhushan Jadhav’s name was deleted from the TV version of the HARDtalk interview with Asad Umar has a simple technical explanation.
The recorded interview was too long for our broadcast slot and so had to be edited. This was done separately for radio and TV. 1/2


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The channel said Jadhav's name had been omitted from the TV version of the interview and not the radio version, and that it was not done to censor the minister's words.

Because "clearly confusion has been caused", the broadcaster said it would restore the omitted "short section" to the programme and air the new TV version again tonight as well as tomorrow morning.


BBC HARDtalk

✔@BBCHARDtalk

His name was omitted from the TV version. This was not an act of censorship, but clearly confusion has been caused, so we are happy to restore that short section to the TV broadcast and we’ll give the new programme an extra airing tonight as well as tomorrow morning. 2/2

BBC HARDtalk

✔@BBCHARDtalk

The reason Kulbhushan Jadhav’s name was deleted from the TV version of the HARDtalk interview with Asad Umar has a simple technical explanation.
The recorded interview was too long for our broadcast slot and so had to be edited. This was done separately for radio and TV. 1/2


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In the radio version, while answering a question regarding alleged threats to Chinese investment in Balochistan and the "anger" generated by it among some people in the province, Umar states: "This is not anger of the people of Balochistan, these are activities of sponsored terrorists who receive training, funding [and] material from outside Pakistan. And is there a serious attempt to try and destabilise Balochistan and through that, try and subvert CPEC [China-Pakistan Economic Corridor]? Of course, there is. There is a concerted effort to do that."

When pressed by the host on who these external forces were, the minister responds: "Led by India, of course. Pakistan arrested a senior operative from India, his name is Kulbhushan Jadhav; he is in the custody of Pakistan and he gave details of how the Indian intervention in Balochistan and others parts of Pakistan is taking place. So is there terrorist intervention in Balochistan? Absolutely yes, [but] what the people of Balochistan thought has been expressed through the free will of those people by electing a government of Balochistan which stands by CPEC, which wants greater engagement of CPEC in their province."

The part "Pakistan arrested a senior operative from India, his name is Kulbhushan Jadhav; he is in the custody of Pakistan and he gave details of how the Indian intervention in Balochistan and others parts of Pakistan is taking place" was omitted from the TV version of the interview by the BBC.


stephen sackur

✔@stephensackur

To everyone who watched and listened to my interview with @Asad_Umar.... an important clarification from @BBCHARDtalk

BBC HARDtalk

✔@BBCHARDtalk

The reason Kulbhushan Jadhav’s name was deleted from the TV version of the HARDtalk interview with Asad Umar has a simple technical explanation.
The recorded interview was too long for our broadcast slot and so had to be edited. This was done separately for radio and TV. 1/2


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'Typical bias'
Earlier on Thursday, human rights minister Shireen Mazari had sharply criticised the BBC for allegedly censoring the interview and deleting the part about Jadhav, terming it "typical bias" on the part of the broadcaster.

"Shameful how BBC censored and chopped off Asad's mention of Indian spymaster Jhadav! Typical bias of BBC!" she wrote on Twitter.

Her tweet led to journalists and social media users questioning show host Stephen Sackur on Twitter whether the interview had indeed been censored.


Zarrar Khuhro@ZarrarKhuhro
https://twitter.com/ZarrarKhuhro/status/1073182415470907392

Hi @stephensackur is this true? Would appreciate a response

Shireen Mazari

✔@ShireenMazari1

Shameful how BBC censored and chopped off Asad's mention of Indian spymaster Jhadav! Typical bias of BBC! https://twitter.com/BBCHARDtalk/status/1072899737278402560 …


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Columnist Mosharraf Zaidi wondered if the Indian government had influenced the BBC's decision to delete Jadhav's mention.

 

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[Rank]

Seriously Pakistan literally **** this BBC and Trump in past two events.. HAHAHAHHAH man foreign office and Govt really on FIRE! GOOOD WORK IK REGIME!

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Censorship is nothing new in the West. Freedom of speech is only acceptable when it favors the one's in power.

 

[Yankee-stani]

Censorship is nothing new in the West. Freedom of speech is only acceptable when it favors the one's in power.

And that’s why whenever I hear about oh such and such country has a bad human rights record or lack of freedom of speech from “NGO” like “Amenesty International “ or “Human Rights Watch” take it with a pinch of salt and they can shove it up their WASP J..w pink a...se.In the West you have the right to act as a degenerate or promote f...gots but 2nd you oppose such behavior in society or question the state of Israel or taboo stuff regarding Zionism or Jewry good luck being fired and not hear again

 

[Path-Finder]

Bbc has been hostile to Pakistan in its productions. So this is nothing new. Bbc should be told to buzz off.