Satirist says broadcaster is happy to allow the ‘useful myth’ that it has clamped down on leftwing comedy
The
BBC must put an end to the “useful myth” it has cracked down on left-wing
comedy, according to the satirist Nish Kumar. Either that, or it should admit that a so-called “war on woke” really did happen.
The comedian and former presenter of BBC2’s The Mash Report believes the repeated suggestion that his hard-edged topical show was axed by the director general last year to appease Conservative critics should not be left unchallenged, no matter how helpful to the BBC the uncertainty is.