After yesterday night’s’sickening’ 90-minute Shamima Begum broadcast, many pledged to cancel their BBC subscriptions.
Following a 10-part podcast by the same network to “retrace her trip,” the show was broadcast.
Begum has made multiple well-publicized attempts to regain her image in the UK, but detractors claim the broadcaster has been “parading her as if she is some kind of star” for views.
I despise myself inside, she said. With jail terms, at least, you are aware that the sentence will eventually expire. But in this case, you’re not sure when it will all finish.
Viewers said that the BBC utilized “beautifully produced, dark images, ominous back track, and emotive pieces to camera” to portray Begum as a “weak young girl.”
One reviewer referred to watching “The Shamima Begum Story” on the BBC as “sickened.”
Please explain to me why the BBC is giving Shamima Begum the time of day, another person pleaded. Why do I have to watch that chick on my TV when she has no regrets? She had a decision to make, and she did so. Vile.’
Additionally, the broadcaster received a flood of complaints from viewers who vowed not to renew their licenses.
I won’t be renewing my license, it’s taking the p**s, one person said.
Another person remarked, “What is going on with the BBC? Are you serious? I won’t ever renew my TV license. She is a terrorist who has no remorse, thus her tale shouldn’t be treated as if she were a victim.
Along with two other high school pals from Bethnal Green in East London, the now-23-year-old flew to Syria when she was 15 years old in February 2015.
Begum said that going to Syria was “exciting,” despite the fact that she now wants to return to the UK and has disavowed the terrorist organization.
She acknowledged that she was ‘in love’ and compelled to join ISIS.
After the program aired on Tuesday night, one reviewer referred to it as “disgusting and completely terrible.”
Why is Shamima Begum, a terrorist by affiliation, receiving airtime on our TVs from the BBC?
Following the introduction of a 10-part podcast, the BBC experienced a similar criticism.
The presenter said that Begum’s “whole story” of “what actually transpired” when she became a terrorist bride will be available on the podcast. The podcast was referred to as a “robust, public interest inquiry,” but it maintained that her account would not go “unchallenged.”
Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 15, and Amira Abase, 16, were schoolmates who left their east London homes in 2015 to join IS.
When Begum was discovered in a refugee camp in 2019, the UK quickly revoked her citizenship and barred her from entering the country.
She now resides in the al-Roj camp in northern Syria, which she has referred to as being “worse than a jail” and is controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Begum provides “her whole narrative of what actually occurred after she vanished” in the BBC Sounds audio, which is narrated by an investigative journalist who has been speaking with her for a year.
She said that being imprisoned in a camp was “worse than a jail, in my opinion, since with a prison term at least you know that there will be an end, but here you don’t know whether there will be an end.”
Begum admitted to joining a terrorist organization to the BBC, but she claims that the public’s ire is not directed at her. It seems to be directed against ISIS.
“They associate me with ISIS because I’ve been in the news so often, but what was there to worry about?”
We visited ISIS, that is all. It was done, finished, and over with.
However, she also conducted her own independent research, including internet searches for IS members, to assist her and her companions in making travel plans.
Begum and her companions prepared for several outcomes, such as being interrogated or found out, by hiding their bags beforehand. People online gave us advice on what to do and what not to do, she said.
“Like how to obtain the cash to purchase the tickets, where to buy the tickets, which airport to travel to, what to bring, what to wear, when you’re going to the airport, who to speak to, who to not talk to, and what explanation to make if you do get caught,” she said.
Begum responds, “It’s the same as when you go on vacation, you’re simply [thinking] what do I need for a vacation, it’s really simple goods,” when asked how she choose what to bring.
People used to advise, “I don’t know, pack good clothing so you can dress properly for your spouse,”
She also brought chocolates and other stuff she knew she wouldn’t be able to get in Syria. I just purchased candies that I was certain I wouldn’t find in Syria. I really enjoy mint chocolate and mint Aero. Many things are available in our nation, but mint chocolate is not one of them. It is tragic.
When asked about the possibility of never coming back to the UK, she admitted: “Really at the moment, I just was not thinking, my mind was just absolutely blank but I suppose yeah I thought this is the last time I’m going to see the UK.” In a sense, I suppose, I was relieved.
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