Suzanne Harrington: The real Bafta shocker is how the BBC handled it

You'd be forgiven for questioning their judgement on removing 'free Palestine' but retaining that slur
The BBC has apologised that the slur was not edited out before the broadcast. File picture: Ian West/PA

The BBC has apologised that the slur was not edited out before the broadcast. File picture: Ian West/PA

In a world of manufactured outrage, where people go ballistic about whether oat milk should be called oat milk or not, it’s too easy to get outrage fatigue. 

Click, sigh, shrug, carry on with your day. It’s like psychic hailstones — you turn up your collar against it, face away from it to protect yourself. You distance yourself so that your central nervous system doesn’t blow a fuse. 

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