as a vile act . the anti muslim demonstration was organised by a far right politician, and took place in front of the turkish embassy. now on bbc news, the media show. a warning, this programme includes frank discussion of misogyny, violence and allegations of sexual assault. hello and welcome. now, the chances are that six months ago you didn t know who andrew tate was, and the chances are that now you do. 0h, hello, hello. andrew tate s a former kickboxer. he s now a social media influencer. last year, he was more googled than donald trump or kim kardashian, and his content s amassed hundreds of millions of views. his enthusiasm for misogyny, cars and wealth has delivered fame, thousands of fans and many thousands of dollars. he s also being held in romania as part of an investigation into rape and people trafficking. tate denies all the allegations. do you ever wonder why some people who you ve never heard of before, all of a sudden, appear everywhere? and that clip we ju
agreed to let you into his compound and to film, did they give you conditions? did they say, well, you can do this, you can t do that. you can ask this, you can t ask that? well, we re always up front with him that we would be making an objective documentary and telling all the facts as we saw them. but, yes, when we were there, you know, there were attempts to control our access. we had chaperones constantly, we were told, don t go in there, that door is locked, if you try and go in there, someone will put a gun in yourface. we had, you know, sort of tall, scary, intimidating, strong men behind us when we were interviewing everyone, monitoring our questions and all of that. so, yeah. well, thank you for coming on to speak about your film. and andrew tate s story more broadly connects directly well, thank you for coming on to speak about your film. to how media content is made, distributed, moderated and consumed. and we re going to spend today s edition of the media show understanding