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BBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move (www.leicester.news)

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Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

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[-] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 hours ago

You go Louis Theroux on them, instead of answering questions, you keep asking them questions until they get stuck and are forced to actually think for once rather than repeat their scripts

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