{"id":121184,"date":"2024-02-15T10:16:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/youre-firedbbc-scenes-of-apprentice-contestant-cut-after-antisemitism\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T10:16:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:16:44","slug":"youre-firedbbc-scenes-of-apprentice-contestant-cut-after-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/youre-firedbbc-scenes-of-apprentice-contestant-cut-after-antisemitism\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re Fired:BBC Scenes Of Apprentice Contestant Cut After Antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bbc\" data-tag=\"bbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> has bowed to a torrent of stress from Jewish staffers and teams by slicing scenes of an <em>Apprentice <\/em>contestant from the <em>You\u2019re Fired <\/em>companion present following antisemitic tweets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tControversial contestant Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/asif-munaf\/\" id=\"auto-tag_asif-munaf\" data-tag=\"asif-munaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asif Munaf<\/a>\u2018s scenes are understood to have been recorded over the weekend however is not going to be proven on the upcoming companion present. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBBC staffers are stated to have been \u201cshocked\u201d by the choice to have filmed the scenes. A <em>Telegraph<\/em> report final month revealed that Munaf had been given variety coaching after making antisemitic posts on social media together with writing that Zionists are a \u201cgodless satanic cult\u201d and references to the \u201ctrial of the zionist antichrist.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAt the time, a BBC supply informed <em>The Telegraph<\/em>, \u201chad this content been posted before filming took place, Asif would not have been included in the show.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tYet Munaf has continued to tweet because the present has been airing, referencing \u201cziotrolls\u201d in a tweet on February 1, the day after the <em>Telegraph <\/em>article got here out, a lot to the chagrin of BBC staffers who had been left in disbelief that the <em>You\u2019re Fired <\/em>scenes had been filmed over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe can confirm that the individual concerned will not feature as a guest on any additional upcoming BBC content relating to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-apprentice\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-apprentice\" data-tag=\"the-apprentice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Apprentice<\/a>,\u201d <\/em>stated a spokesman. Hosted by Tom Allen, <em>You\u2019re Fired <\/em>airs instantly after <em>The Apprentice <\/em>on BBC Two and options interviews with the \u2018fired\u2019 contestants.  <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   pmc-u-font-family-eksell pmc-u-font-size-58   \">\n\t\tJewish staffers angered\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMunaf, an NHS physician who as soon as appeared on the BBC\u2019s <em>Dragon\u2019s Den<\/em>, is not going to be showing on the BBC any time quickly however for some present and former Jewish staffers the harm is finished. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m stunned,\u201d stated one. \u201cIt\u2019s got to the situation where [management] are trying to get through the issue, not dealing with the issue, and I don\u2019t think it will pass anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThere is explicit frustration with BBC content material boss Charlotte Moore over the way in which through which the Munaf state of affairs has been handled, Deadline is informed. After Hamas\u2019 October 7 assault, Moore was made the BBC Board\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" id=\"auto-tag_antisemitism\" data-tag=\"antisemitism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">antisemitism<\/a> consultant, and but insiders really feel she has been far too sluggish to get a lid on the Munaf debacle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Zone of Interest <\/em>producer Danny Cohen, who used to go up programing for the BBC and now runs Access Entertainment, informed Deadline: \u201cI would advise BBC managers to stop telling Jewish employees what is and isn\u2019t antisemitism. This simply would not happen if the issue involved racism against any other minority community.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCohen added that it&#8217;s \u201chard to believe that the BBC recorded a programme this week featuring a man with indisputably racist views.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJewish teams such because the Board of Deputies of British Jews have additionally slammed the BBC\u2019s dealing with of the state of affairs, with President Marie van der Zyl writing to Director General Tim Davie and incoming chair Samir Shah urging them to cease platforming Munaf and to apologize for its \u201cmishandling of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cAsif Munaf has repeatedly used antisemitic invective,\u201d she stated. \u201cWhen this originally came to light, he initially claimed remorse, only to flagrantly repeat the offence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMunaf was nonetheless showing on the present within the week<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/02\/bbc-antisemitism-scheduler-facebook-posts-1235810858\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> that Deadline revealed<\/a> a senior BBC scheduler was dealing with disciplinary motion for a string of antisemitic Facebook posts through which she referred to the \u201cholohoax\u201d and peddled excessive conspiracy theories. The staffer, Dawn Queva, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/02\/bbc-staffer-dawn-queva-antisemitic-exits-bbc-1235814719\/#:~:text=The%20senior%20BBC%20employee%20who,numerous%20extreme%20antisemitic%20conspiracy%20theories.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has since left the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDeadline has reached out to Munaf for remark.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The BBC has bowed to a torrent of stress from Jewish staffers and teams by slicing scenes of an Apprentice contestant from the You\u2019re Fired companion present following antisemitic tweets. Controversial contestant Dr Asif Munaf\u2018s scenes are understood to have been recorded over the weekend however is not going to be proven on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-121184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}