Save "The Mash Report"
Save "The Mash Report"
Why this petition matters
The BBC are planning to cancel The Mash Report as part of their shift to more "patriotic and Conservative" output. I believe this is politically motivated to protect the government by the BBC's new Conservative supporting director.
The show is popular with critics and viewers, its clips go viral online, it draws in a younger audience to engage with the news. All things a broadcaster should be happy about.
Given all this, it's impossible to see the cancellation of The Mash Report as being anything other than a political decision. The government and the personal politics of the BBC's director should not be influencing the BBC's programming. This feels like a slippery slop to censorship.
What programmes will be next? We all pay a license fee, regardless of our personal politics, and that should support a range of content including The Mash Report.