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Question Time British National Party controversy, a Common card
The Question Time British National Party controversy occurred in September and October 2009, due to an invitation by the British Broadcasting Corporation to Nick Griffin, leader of the far-right British National Party, to be a panelist on Question Time, one of its flagship television programmes on current affairs.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,300
Ranked #1,137 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The decision to have the BNP represented on the programme for the first time sparked public and political debate in the United Kingdom.
- At the heart of the matter was the BBC's public broadcasting mandate, requiring it to give equal prominence to political parties above a given level of electoral representation.
- Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC, defended the BBC's decision to invite Griffin, stating, "the BNP has demonstrated a level of support that would normally lead to an occasional invitation to join the panel on Question Time.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Question Time British National Party controversy article was read about 7,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Question Time British National Party controversy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
