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BBC stands firm as 'Protect The Dolls' T-shirt edited out (www.thepinknews.com)

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The BBC has defended editing out the “Protect the Dolls” slogan on Strictly Come Dancing contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt, after viewers noticed it had been digitally scrubbed from the live broadcast and the BBC iPlayer version.

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[-] Obituarykidney@lemmy.world 26 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

BBC just cancelled drag race UK and some other gay shows as well. Seems to be a concerted effort if they're going so far as to edit an inoffensive shirt. They had to pay someone to do that, and it wasn't copyrighted or vulgar.

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