In a report rounding up the Academy Awards nominations, the BBC claimed he was “one of two British actors” who had received nominations, arising from the Kildare actor’s role in Afternoon.A brief note published on its website reads: “In text running across the screen we reported that Paul Mescal was one of two British actors who had been nominated for an Oscar for a leading role.Mescal is up for Best Actor at March’s Oscars ceremony.
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I think we should stop getting angry with the the Brits over this and just play them at their own game. Personally, I thought Irish actor Bill Nighy is in with a great shout of an Oscar!
Ah FFS- the Irish actor Paul Mescal missed out on an Oscar nomination but “the British actor “Paul Mescal got the nomination!😏
'The text should have said that Paul Mescal is Irish. We apologise for the mistake.' The thing about a geniune apology is that it explains WHAT went wrong and WHY...... so - and especially important in terms of journalism - WHY did it NOT say what 'it should have said' ?
Twice they did it. The Brits, never not at it 🙄 Just take McGregor and be done with it!
They just can't let go, can they? And - pretty simple research. Someone needs to introduce the BBC to Google.
Daft
He’s nominated for Aftersun, not Afternoon
They can have Conor McGregor and Enoch Burke. We don’t want them
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