[LeatherTrumpet]

BBC forced to apologise for 'inappropriate' question at Women’s World Cup to
Morocco's captain after reporter asks what life was like for her 'gay players' in
Morocco

• FIFA stopped the conference after a reporter asked if any players were gay

The journalist, who reportedly works for the BBC World Service, asked
Morocco captain Ghizlane Chebbak on Sunday: 'We know that gay marriage is
illegal [in your country]. Are there any gay players in the team? And what is
it like for them?'

A FIFA representative shut down the question, assessing that it could have
'endangered' players.

'Sorry, this is a very political question, so we'll just stick to questions relating
to football,' they said.

A spokesman for the BBC has since said: 'We recognise that the question was
inappropriate. We had no intention to cause any harm or distress.'

Same-sex relationships for both men and women are illegal in Morocco, and
homosexuality is punishable by three to five years in prison.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art....html#comments

[Livia]

Morons... How many more times before an "oops sorry..." doesn't cut it anymore?

[UserSince2005]

Theyre all lesbians, you dont need to state it
It be like walking into a gay sauna and asking whos homo.

[bitontheslide]

i'm past the point of no return in supporting the TV licence. If subscription is voluntary, they can ask people what the hell they want

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i'm past the point of no return in supporting the TV licence. If subscription is voluntary, they can ask people what the hell they want

We've been without ours for so long that they no longer ask. I'm pretty sure that when we move, the new occupants here will never get a letter about it, and could just neglect getting one forever without so much as a nudge . They've given up and removed the address from their systems or something.

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

We've been without ours for so long that they no longer ask. I'm pretty sure that when we move, the new occupants here will never get a letter about it, and could just neglect getting one forever without so much as a nudge . They've given up and removed the address from their systems or something.

i unfortunately have a blinking huge arial on the roof and a satellite dish on the side, so if they ever came round i would be busted instantly

[Cherie]

Why would you feel the need to ask a question like that during a football press conference?

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Why would you feel the need to ask a question like that during a football press conference?

im amazed she did not link it to the "climate emergency"

[bitontheslide]

they did it to make a name for themselves

[Oliver_W]

Never mind football players, what's like it for gay anyone in Morocco? Straight women probably don't have it much better there either.

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i unfortunately have a blinking huge arial on the roof and a satellite dish on the side, so if they ever came round i would be busted instantly

Me too... the arial has likely been there since the 80's, the sky dish was used up until about 5 years ago... there's no requirement to taken them down once they're no longer in use. I mean taking the dish down would probably be easy enough with a ladder, but I aint scrambling about on the roof messing with the old aerial!

[Nicky91]

well what else was there to talk about to the team whom lost 6-0 to Germany

[LeatherTrumpet]

[Swan]

It's strange, they find money for the most niche of things, but only show one NBA game a month. And if anyone knows NBA, there are like 1500 live games a year!

[Alf]

Do the goalkeepers wear oven gloves?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Tbh that sounds like a joke, made to demonstrate what utter disparate tripe gets excreted these days.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Tbh that sounds like a joke, made to demonstrate what utter disparate tripe gets excreted these days.

sadly not

its is sh1te tho

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g65x65