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Big Brother contestant waves Kouffiyeh as evicted from reality show

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  • Source: News websites
  • 9 Nov 2024 19:03
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Big Brother was previously involved in controversy after removing an episode last month to edit out a housemate's T-shirt with an image of a watermelon, a symbol of solidarity with Palestine.

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    Big Brother contestant Khaled Khaled waving a Palestinian flag on ITV (Social media screengrab)

A competitor brandished a Palestinian scarf as he left the Big Brother reality television show house, after criticism that British ITV edited the broadcast to omit references to Gaza.

Khaled Khaled, 23, was seen holding a scarf with a Palestinian flag given to him by an audience member as he exited the reality show home, but the scarf vanished later in the show.

It comes after the network modified prior episodes of both the main show and its spin-off to exclude references to Gaza. Audience members of Big Brother: Late & Live were asked to leave the studios on Monday after refusing to change out of pro-Palestine clothing.

Last month, ITV halted a program to remove a T-shirt featuring a watermelon.

A source told MailOnline that the audience members were offered the choice to remove their T-shirts and wear spare ones provided by the network, but they chose to leave. When fans tried to watch the broadcast the next day, they discovered that the episode was gone from ITVX.

When many asked on social media why it was not appearing on the streaming site, the broadcaster responded that the episode was withdrawn due to "compliance reasons".

ITV posted on X: ''We can confirm that the latest episode of BB: Late & Live has been removed due to a compliance issue. We're looking to get the episode back ASAP, hopefully today, but we do not have a timeframe for this."

Big Brother was previously involved in controversy after removing an episode last month to edit out a housemate's T-shirt with an image of a watermelon, a symbol of solidarity with Palestine. 

Contestant Ali Bromley, a forensic psychologist, was spotted wearing the Wear The Peace's Freedom Melon Tee, which sends all revenues to Gaza for food, water, medical help, and other essentials.

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The program was removed from ITVX and re-uploaded to the streaming site the next day, with pictures of Ali trimmed to obscure her top.

The action generated controversy, as irate fans stated that they were restricting pro-Palestinian ideas and went against the concept of the program by "allowing the censorship of housemates' views."

UK media denounced for 'killed by who?' double standard: Gaza coverage

UK mainstream media have been constantly criticized for its coverage of "Israel's" genocide in Gaza, sparking controversy for its journalistic biases that promote double standards through misinformation.

"The coverage of Gaza has several noticeable features. There have been instances of misleading and factually incorrect information being published throughout the last 10 months," media analyst at the Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) Faisal Hanif told Anadolu in September.

"Israel" killed two four-day-old newborn twins at their parents' apartment in central Gaza in an airstrike as their father went to collect their birth certificates. 

Western mainstream news outlets, including the BBC and Sky News, did not mention "Israeli strikes" in their headlines on their social media posts, prompting online users to ask "Killed by who?"

Recently, more than 100 BBC employees have accused the British broadcaster of a clear bias toward "Israel" while covering the entity's ongoing year-long war against Palestinians in Gaza.

In a letter addressed to BBC Director-General Tim Davie and signed by over 230 members of the media industry, including 101 anonymous BBC staff, the signatories urged the broadcaster to "recommit to fairness, accuracy, and impartiality" in its reporting on Israeli actions in Gaza.

The letter criticized the BBC for not meeting its editorial standards, citing a lack of "consistently fair and accurate evidence-based journalism" in its coverage of the situation, as reported by The Independent, which obtained the letter.

Among the signatories are British politician Sayeeda Warsi and actress Juliet Stevenson. They called on the BBC to report “without fear or favor” and to “recommit to the highest editorial standards—with emphasis on fairness, accuracy, and due impartiality.”

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