theFerf
Aug 14th, 2006, 12:30 PM
According to Chortle, a UK comedy guide, the BBC has dropped a popular podcast by comedian Russell Brand after the he refused to allow them to edit out controversial material. The BBC wanted to cut from his podcast a segment involving disabled basketball player Ade Adepitan.
‘I think we could have found a version that could have been released, but a lot of the time people simply do what is easiest," said Brand. ‘I love that podcast and I really want it to work. But in my position you spend so much time talking rubbish. It is not often you get to highlight an issue like this.’
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‘I think we could have found a version that could have been released, but a lot of the time people simply do what is easiest," said Brand. ‘I love that podcast and I really want it to work. But in my position you spend so much time talking rubbish. It is not often you get to highlight an issue like this.’
Read more... (http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2006/08/podcast_dropped.html)
Source: Podcasting News (http://www.podcastingnews.com/)
Podcasting News features the latest podcast news, along with reviews, hardware and software info, and a podcast directory.