Kneecap glastonbury gig 'high risk' compared to Bob Waln

Robbie Meredith

BBC News NI Education and Art Correspondent

The BBC uploaded a massive united version of the performance of Kneecap on its Glastonbury Highlights page on the BBC iPlayer.

PA Media Mo Chara of Naikap kept his ear hand during the group performance in Glestonbury. He is wearing a black baseball cap, sunglasses, white jacket and Palestinian kefiheh. Another band member is in the background wearing a oblique Balaklav — The BBC uploaded a massive united version of the performance of Kneecap on its Glastonbury Highlights page on the BBC iPlayer.

According to a letter from a committee of MPs to a committee of the corporation’s Director General of Tim Davi, the rap groupcap was “placed in a higher range of risk” by the BBC.

BBC is the first Said that it should have been away from a live broadcast Bob Valn’s performance in Glstonbury.

The singer of the band led the crowd on the festival in the mantras of “Death, Death to the IDF”. [Israel Defense Forces],

Although there was no live stream of Kneecap’s performance at the festival, BBC Later uploaded a large -scale united version of the performance On its Glastonbury Highlight page on BBC iPlayer.

Kneecap band member Liam óg ó Hannaidh, who performed as Mo Char, was accused of terrorism crime to display the flag of the alleged terrorist organization Hizbullah in a gig last year.

He has denied the allegation.

The Avon and Somerset Police later began an investigation as to whether the comments made by Bob Valn or a criminal offense by Kneecap in Glestonbury.

BBC Director General Tim Davi told a committee of MPs that he should not doubt the seriousness with which he was treating what he had done in Glestonbury.

Reuters Tim Davi has short brown hair and is wearing a navy suit and light blue shirt — BBC Director General Tim Davi told a committee of MPs that he should not doubt the seriousness with which he was treating what he had done in Glestonbury.

The Westminster’s culture, media and sports committee MPs wrote to Mr. Davi on 1 July to ask their coverage of Glastonbury to ask about the decision -making processes and what was considered a broadcast with delay.

Mr. Davi’s response has just been published for the committee chairman Dame Caroline Dinnaging MP.

He said, “I want the committee to have no doubt about the seriousness with which I am in Glastonbury and treating the need for sharp action to reduce the risk of anything again,” he wrote.

In response to a question by the committee, whether the BBC had considered streaming its Glstonbury coverage with a short time delay, Mr. Davi said that a risk evaluation of the acts protested was evaluated.

“Risk assessment motivated the BBC to decide that the performance of kneecap should be recorded from livestream, placed through a compliance process and uploaded to the iPlayer to be available on demand, but the live was not strengthened,” he continued.

“Any other risk was assessed as a result of a uniform decision to another Act.

“Other Shidharan was considered and placed, especially for high -risk acts, Bob Valn of which was one of the seven acts.”

No streaming

Shri Davi also gave some more details about “Category A” acts, which were evaluated as “highest acceptable risk” for live broadcasting.

He wrote, “Bob Valn was evaluated as seven category A acts (the highest acceptable risk for live broadcast in one stream) to be shown during the festival),” he wrote.

“Kneecap, which was not streamed live, was placed in a high range of risk in high classes.”

Shri Davi said that, in the future, any music performance is considered a high risk, will not be broadcast or live streams by BBC.

Mr. Davi and BBC President Sameer Shah are scheduled to appear before the committee in September. Aired by the Corporation And under investigation Former MasterShef presenter Greg Wallace.