Deborah Meaden's Controversial Posts Spark BBC Backlash

0:00On March 15th, Debra Medin, the 67-year-old dragon's-den regular, who's been on the show for 20 years, finds herself in hot water over, social media posts. She criticized Israel and labeled Donald Trump a pervert after recent strikes on Iran, sharing her views with nearly 700,000 followers. On X, she also reposted content from figures like Tucker Carlson, whose faced accusations of anti-Semitism. This has sparked claims that she's pushing conspiracy theories, false info, and even pro-Aran messages. Former BBC television director Danny Cohen called out the posts as deeply troubling and said they harmed the BBC's reputation. He urged the corporation to step in, arguing her long association with their top program matters more than technicalities. The BBC pushed back, noting meat in words as a freelancer and isn't bound by their social media impartiality rules. Cohen dismissed that as dodging responsibility, especially since she keeps plugging dragons then online, which he sees as breaking guidelines on.

1:02Offensive language. This echoes last year's case with Gary Linnaker, who left Matt of the day after a controversial post on Zionism that he later apologized for, and removed, leaving questions about how the BBC handles its stars online activity.