74 Percent of BBC Comedy Slots Given to ‘Woke’ Comedians: Audit
The BBC has come under fire for strongly favouring left-wing or “woke” comedians in its allocation of comedy broadcasting slots.
According to an audit (pdf) by the Campaign for Common Sense (CSC) 74 percent of 364 BBC comedy slots were given to “woke” comedians and just four to conservative comedians over the past month.
“Put bluntly, it seems that unless you are explicitly left-leaning, anti-Brexit, or ‘woke,’ you won’t get booked for broadcasts,” the CSC said in a statement on Saturday.
Of the 364 November slots under scrutiny, the CSC findings showed 268 were filled by comedians “with publicly pronounced left-leaning, anti-Brexit, or ‘woke’ persuasions.”