Nigel Farage complains about Desert Island Discs snub, drawing accusations of hypocrisy
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Summary
The article criticizes Nigel Farage for complaining about not being invited to BBC's Desert Island Discs, highlighting the hypocrisy of right-wing figures who previously accused the left of being easily offended but now use outrage for attention. The Canary distinguishes its own long-standing criticism of the BBC from Farage's, noting their critiques are substantive rather than based on personal snubs.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledBetween 2016-2020, right-wingers like Nigel Farage were fond of accusing the left of being 'easily offended'. At some point, however, these same people realised that being offended was great for driving attention and they dove in both feet first.
The difference between us and Farage is our criticism doesn't boil down to 'the BBC didn't invite me to talk about my favourite records'.
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