Timeline for Did the BBC censor a non-binary character in Transformers: EarthSpark?
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| Oct 20 at 8:34 | vote | accept | Comic Sans Seraphim | ||
| Aug 1 at 9:59 | comment | added | Obie 2.0 | Bear in mind that the topline definition on their website is actually quite similar to what they chose to cut, so that should perhaps affect the credibility of their statement. Also, if we take self-definition as important here, I have seen a lot more non-binary people criticizing the BBC's decision to omit the dialogue than declaring it an inadequate description of their identity. | |
| Jul 27 at 11:20 | history | edited | User65535 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added in most of the content from the other answer, so people do not read useless validation before the right thing
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| Jul 3 at 17:29 | history | edited | User65535 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added question mark over who made the cut
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| Jul 3 at 17:21 | comment | added | User65535 | @RedGrittyBrick That is a very good point. The beeb first broadcast it after July 25th 2023 so the timing would fit. | |
| Jul 3 at 15:18 | comment | added | RedGrittyBrick | Assuming the BBC edited this ignores the possibility Hasbro/Nickelodeon edited the version they distribute to licencees because of May 2023 USA backlash | |
| Jul 2 at 18:27 | comment | added | Jiminy Cricket. | They claim to be committed to compliance with FOI laws, it doesn't matter where you live, you can still apply to them under the act. | |
| Jul 2 at 16:21 | comment | added | User65535 | With reference to the above comment, the more people who ask the more likely the response is. | |
| Jul 2 at 7:26 | comment | added | Landak | One thing the OP could do in order to obtain an 'official' answer would be to contact Feedback on BBC Radio 4, who regularly answer questions exactly like this one - bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1WbP92b6YbpP9j4mwwbtc9Q/… - and explicitly ask where the cut was introduced. As it involves a potential violation of the BBC's editorial policy, I suspect they'll answer it on air. | |
| Jul 2 at 5:56 | history | edited | User65535 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Corrected quote
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| Jul 1 at 15:21 | comment | added | Andrew T. | @JiminyCricket. there's follow-up news mentioning that it's not censored on Netflix UK, though it probably doesn't help to clarify the TV broadcast edition. | |
| Jun 30 at 23:50 | comment | added | Oddthinking♦ | The claimant also included links to videos to support their claim. | |
| Jun 30 at 19:30 | comment | added | Obie 2.0 | @F1Krazy - No information is available indefinitely. One could put some screenshots with subtitles in the answer, but since basically any image can be created these days, one does have to trust that the person who wrote this answer did their due diligence, as with any other answer here. | |
| Jun 30 at 19:15 | comment | added | F1Krazy | @ComicSansSeraphim iPlayer broadcasts aren't available indefinitely anyway, so the link will eventually become unavailable. How do you propose that we prove this? I don't think a clip uploaded to YouTube would suffice, as it would be hard to prove that it's from an actual BBC broadcast. | |
| Jun 30 at 15:01 | history | edited | Oddthinking♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Removed unreferenced claims which sounded like a political position rather than empirical facts.
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| Jun 30 at 14:24 | comment | added | Jiminy Cricket. | @ComicSansSeraphim If true (you'll see why I have doubts), this is at odds with BBC stated policy and in stark contrast with recent episodes of Doctor Who. I'd like to know where the edit happened, was it a standard European-market edit, or a particular BBC one? Most likely not the latter I'd say. Unless there's been a marked volt face. | |
| Jun 30 at 12:41 | history | edited | F1Krazy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 2 characters in body
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| Jun 30 at 12:34 | comment | added | Comic Sans Seraphim | Unfortunately I cannot watch it there as I have no TV licence (for obvious reasons). | |
| Jun 30 at 12:00 | history | answered | User65535 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |