Anti-vaccine protesters tried to storm the BBC's offices. But they had the wrong address.
Source: Washington Post
A group of coronavirus vaccine protesters attempted to storm the offices of British public broadcaster BBC on Monday. But they had one big problem: the wrong address. Instead of targeting the BBC’s news operations, which some activists have blamed for helping promote coronavirus vaccines, they charged toward a former BBC building in west London that now houses upscale apartments, restaurants and studios used by another British media company to produce daytime talk shows.
“Not sure what protesters were hoping to achieve, but all they would’ve found was me, Jane, Nadia and Penny on @loosewomen talking about the menopause,” tweeted Charlene White, a host on the ITV show “Loose Women,” which was live on air when protesters attempted to enter the building. Videos posted on social media showed protesters clashing with police as they attempted to force their way into the building, which is about four miles west of central London.
Hundreds of people outside the studio building chanted “shame on you,” the Guardian newspaper reported, adding that many appeared to think they were protesting a major BBC News operation and that pre-protest material had played up the building’s links to the broadcaster.“Officers were pushed by a small number of demonstrators [running toward the entrance,] but the arrival of additional officers quickly restored calm,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. It added that an officer suffered a minor facial injury and that no arrests were made. The BBC declined to comment.
The BBC remains broadly popular with the British public, who fund the broadcaster via a license fee. But it has often been attacked by right-of-center commentators for allegedly being elitist and too reflective of a liberal, urban worldview. Its journalists have also faced verbal and physical attacks during the pandemic, with the political editor of its “Newsnight” program, Nick Watt, targeted outside Downing Street by anti-lockdown protesters earlier this year.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/10/vaccine-protesters-bbc-london/
IOW, teh stupid is a universal RW thing.
ETA - here's a video of the incident -
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My insurance company suddenly denied my hormone medication.
My doctor is having trouble finding a new one that doesn't cause nausea or migraines.
My upstairs air conditioning is out and the AC guy keeps giving me excuses for taking so long to fix it.
I have a migraine due to the heat and humidity and lack of hormone medication.
One cat barfed on the rug this morning.
Another cat knocked the water bowl over and spilled it all over the place.
Bending over to clean up cat barf and water makes my head pound even more.
Lawd have mercy on the next person (or feline) who crosses me!!!
Rocknation
Maybe I’m just looking for stuff like that.
the slogan being "A mind is a terrible thing to waste"... and that fumble would presage Shrub's later infamous "Fool me once..." flub.
Vintage ad -
In fact it's the 50th anniversary of that slogan -
(Jordan just died in March)
breathing deep, shouting, doing their own research, acting on false information. There might be fewer of them soon. 
Rocknation
