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==Criticisms== In a 2009 episode of [[Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe|''Screenwipe'']], ''[[Black Mirror]]'' creator [[Charlie Brooker]] criticised the channel's programming as being "nihilistic worthlessness" and called it "a monument to cultural death" and "frighteningly meaningless."<ref>{{Citation |title=Screenwipe Review of the Year 2009 (2/3) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5qurJisSbg |access-date=2021-11-27 |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2014, the channel was subject to a controversy about one of its shows. ''[[Dapper Laughs: On the Pull]]'' was created by [[Vine (service)|Vine]] comedian [[Dapper Laughs|Daniel "Dapper Laughs" O'Reilly]]. The show was criticised for promoting violence against women<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/29980142/dapper-laughs-apologises-over-sexist-homeless-jokes|title = Dapper Laughs apologises over 'sexist' homeless jokes|work = BBC News|date = 9 November 2014}}</ref> and dubbed by one paper as "a rapist's almanac". Due to these criticisms, an online petition for the show's cancellation reaching 68,210 signatures<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/clicktivism-works-just-ask-julien-blanc-and-dapper-laughs-9860770.html|title = Julien Blanc and Dapper Laughs have learnt about the power of|website = [[Independent.co.uk]]|date = 14 November 2014}}</ref> and a sexist joke glorifying rape said by O'Reilly during one of his live shows,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/dapper-laughs-seen-joking-about-rape-in-video-after-apologising-for-sexist-homeless-comments-9851469.html|title = Dapper Laughs jokes about rapes in video after apologising for 'sexist' homeless comments|website = [[Independent.co.uk]]|date = 12 November 2014}}</ref> ITV chose not to commission a second series. A subsequent live tour was also cancelled.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/29993873/dapper-laughs-itv2-says-no-second-series-for-comedian|title = Dapper Laughs: ITV2 says no second series for comedian|work = BBC News|date = 10 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-11-10/itv-decides-not-to-continue-dapper-laughs-show/|title=ITV announces Dapper Laughs show is axed}}</ref> In the wake of the scandal, [[Stewart Lee]] criticised O'Reilly's ''[[Newsnight]]'' apology and said "what kind of person gets banned from ITV2? That's like being banned from a pub that's on fire." In October 2024, in the midst of the [[Gaza war]], an episode of the series ''Big Brother'' was edited by the channel to remove all images of a watermelon symbol, which has been used as a [[Watermelon (Palestinian symbol)|symbol of Palestinian solidarity]], that appeared on the shirt of contestant Ali Bromley.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rufo |first=Yasmin |date=2024-10-24 |title=Big Brother edits out pro-Palestine symbol on t-shirt |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9nd5ln2xno |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Intercept]]'', Nikita Mazurov compared the action to [[George Orwell]]'s novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', from which the series ''Big Brother'' takes its name, arguing that the editing of the episode represented a "key tenant of the novel: old media being edited and original versions destroyed, leaving no trace of any modification having taken place."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazurov |first=Nikita |date=2024-11-01 |title=British Broadcaster Censored a “Big Brother” Contestant’s Watermelon Shirt |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/11/01/tv-big-brother-censor-watermelon-palestine/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=[[The Intercept]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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