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Dorian Lynskey, Unherd, 8th February 2022Comedy is dying, says Jimmy Carr after Holocaust joke furore
Jimmy Carr has criticised "cancel culture" after the culture secretary suggested bringing in a law to control streaming services following outrage at his joke about the Holocaust.
David Brown, The Times, 7th February 2022Sophie Willan calls out Victoria Coren Mitchell for supporting Jimmy Carr
Sophie Willan has questioned Victoria Coren Mitchell's support of Jimmy Carr in the wake of a backlash against the comedian's "racist" Holocaust joke about travellers. The creator and star of Alma's Not Normal said that "any small support of this is racist in my opinion".
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 7th February 2022Sajid Javid calls for boycott against Jimmy Carr
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has called Jimmy Carr's controversial joke about the Holocaust "horrid", and encouraged people not to listen to the comedian or watch his work.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 7th February 2022Jimmy Carr: Boris Johnson's spokesperson calls Holocaust joke 'deeply disturbing'
No 10 has waded into the controversy over comedian's Netflix special.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 7th February 2022Coren Mitchell says she was 'doing what she thought was right' in supporting Carr
"I wasn't defending the joke," the quiz show host said.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 7th February 2022SNP councillor: 'Prosecute Jimmy Carr's audience'
Oh dear. It seems that the most illiberal party in Great Britain is at it again. In the nationwide haste to condemn the comedian Jimmy Carr for his remarks about the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community in his Netflix special, an elected councillor from (who else?) the SNP has called for prosecutions. Not just for Carr himself, mind you; Julie McKenzie, who sits on Argyll and Bute council, wants the many members of Carr's audience prosecuted too for 'applauding' the remarks.
Steerpike, The Spectator, 7th February 2022Roma accuse government of hypocrisy over Jimmy Carr joke
Members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community have accused the government of hypocrisy after ministers condemned a Holocaust joke by Jimmy Carr while pushing through a raft of legislation hostile to their way of life.
Rachel Hall, The Guardian, 7th February 2022Jimmy Carr: Traveller Movement writing to Netflix over comedy special
A charity is drafting an open letter to Netflix to request a joke is removed from Jimmy Carr's latest special, the BBC understands. The Traveller Movement is demanding the streamer edits out a controversial Holocaust joke from His Dark Material.
Katie Razzall, BBC, 7th February 2022Channel 4 refuse to sack Jimmy Carr
Channel 4 chiefs have stayed silent over demands they sack comic Jimmy Carr following his Holocaust joke on the genocide of gypsies.
Roderick McPhee, The Sun, 7th February 2022