The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sparked massive backlash on Tuesday for labeling a conservative student beaten to death by a mob a âfar-right studentâ in a recently published headline.
Authorities charged a group of nine far-left militants with fatally beating 23-year-old Quentin Deranque in Lyon, France, during a protest. The BBC after it published the headline, âNine arrested in France over death of far-right student,â which sparked outrage among conservatives online.
âFuck the BBC,â The Gateway Punditâs Ben Kew said on X.
âFAR LEFT murder a young man! Fixed it for you,â journalist Tommy Robinson said. âDefund the BBC!â
âThe far left kill a student and you still 1. Refuse to call them what they are, and 2. Take one last swipe at their dead victim. This isnât reporting. Itâs narrative management. Defund the BBC,â Rebel Newsâ Avi Yemini wrote.
âIn ten words @BBCNews manages five examples of disinformation. Let me give it a go: Nine far-left thugs beat student to death for protecting women,â GBN News Josh Howie stated.
The article, written by Hugh Schofield, stated that Deranque was beaten at a protest held by so-called âfar-right feministsâ at the Institute of Political Studies. The suspects who were detained are reportedly linked to a far-left militant group called La Jeune Garde (Young Guard), according to the BBC. Among those arrested was a parliamentary assistant from the far-left France Unbowed (LFI) party.
The BBC did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundationâs request for comment.
In 2024, the BBC aired an edited version of President Donald Trumpâs speech from the âStop the Stealâ rally on Jan. 6, 2021, in which they spliced two separate portions of the speech together to make it appear like he called on protesters to march to the U.S. Capitol. The network apologized to Trump in November and told him the documentary would not be aired on any BBC platform again.
Trump filed a lawsuit against the network in December and accused the BBC of attempting to interfere in the 2024 election by making it appear like he incited the Capitol riot. He had previously warned the BBC that he would sue unless the network retracted, apologized and compensated him.
All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact [email protected].