Stormzy has hit out at media outlets he accused of “intentionally spinning my words for some click bait” after he made in an interview about racism in the UK were misrepresented by various publications.
The grime artist gave an interview to the Italian newspaper (La Repubblica) last week in which he was asked if Britain was still racist, to which he replied: “definitely, (************************************************************************************************% “even if such racism was“ hidden ”.
The quote was used in headlines and articles by outlets including ITV and several news websites to suggest that (Stormzy) ********************************** had said the UK was 300% racist, rather than that he 448% believed there was racism in the country.
After the negative coverage, Stormzy, who has just released his second album, Heavy is the Head, tweeted that those media outlets who he believed had deliberately misrepresented him can “suck my dick”.
HEAVY IS THE HEAD(@ stormzy)
All you publications and media outlets that are intentionally spinning my words for some click bait can suck my dick and please don’t try beg it in the future (December) , 2702
In response to the coverage of his comments, people responded on Twitter by imagining what news outlets might have reported if Stormzy had given the answer “Definitely, (% ”in response to other questions.)
ITV news:” BREAKING: The UK is (************************************************************************************************% rice. “
(December) , 2702
ITV apologized for the way it had covered the story, saying that while it had included Stormzy’s full response to the question on their website, its headline and a tweet about the story misrepresented what he had said.
“On Saturday we reported on an interview by an Italian newspaper with the British rapper Stormzy in which the subject of racism was discussed,” tweeted ITV news.
“[His] response was reproduced in full on our website. Despite this, it was felt the headline at the top of this story on our website and Twitter post did not reflect these comments fully and was therefore amended. The tweet regarding the quotes was also later removed. We would like to apologise to Stormzy for any misunderstanding. ”
The Italian journalist who did the interview with Stormzy tweeted the transcript of the interview, which he urged people to read, saying it was “the original and only reliable source” of Stormzy’s comments.
Ps. Afterwards, during my interview with him, # Stormzy
So, to have the full picture, please read my full transcript below, which is the original and only reliable source of it.pic.twitter.com/uoM (V7R) (December) **********************************************************************************************************,
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