JAN MOIR: Gary Lineker may cry 'censorship', but this is one media battle that the darlings of the liberal establishment won't win
Daily MailPerhaps I should have set my clock. For surely it was inevitable that sooner or later, pro-Palestinian Gary Lineker would burnish his righteous credentials and pop up to accuse his BBC paymasters of bowing to ‘censorship’. One of the three charming child narrators – 13-year-old Abdullah – turned out to be the son of Gaza’s deputy minister of agriculture Dr Ayman Alyazouri, and therefore the grandson of Hamas founder Ibrahim Alyazouri. One of the three charming child narrators – 13-year-old Abdullah – turned out to be the son of Gaza’s deputy minister of agriculture Of course there is no comparison to be made about the lived experiences of those on the peaceful outer reaches of Essex and the bombed-out wastelands of Gaza, absolutely none. Surely it was inevitable that sooner or later, pro-Palestinian Gary Lineker would burnish his righteous credentials and pop up to accuse his BBC paymasters of bowing to ‘censorship’ Last year he said the conflict was ‘the worst thing I’ve seen in my lifetime’.
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