{"id":286094,"date":"2025-10-10T21:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T21:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:05:42","slug":"no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/","title":{"rendered":"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jyfAHDiNdNQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jyfAHDiNdNQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>What is comedy washing and what evidence is there Saudi Arabia is trying to carry it out? Why have comedians agreed to perform at the festival and how can they defend their decision?<\/p>\n<p>Sky&#8217;s Niall Paterson is joined by stand-up comedian and host of the Pod Save The UK podcast Nish Kumar on the latest episode of the Daily Podcast.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Sky News Daily\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sky-news-daily\/id951048357?i=1000731193029#?secret=cmrK4dKN5G\" data-secret=\"cmrK4dKN5G\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>#saudiarabia #skynews #comedy <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is comedy washing and what evidence is there Saudi Arabia is trying to carry it out? Why have comedians agreed to perform at the festival and how can they defend their decision? Sky&#8217;s Niall Paterson is joined by stand-up comedian and host of the Pod Save The UK podcast Nish Kumar on the latest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":286095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[134120,130973,129379],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-286094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-comedy","tag-washing","tag-what"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-10T20:05:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jyfAHDiNdNQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"headline\":\"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-10T20:05:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-1513.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"comedy\",\"washing\",\"What\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sky News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/\",\"name\":\"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-1513.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-10T20:05:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"description\":\"Watch No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-1513.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-1513.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2025-10-10T20:05:42+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jyfAHDiNdNQ\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"headline":"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019?","datePublished":"2025-10-10T20:05:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/"},"wordCount":204,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hqdefault-1513.jpg","keywords":["comedy","washing","What"],"articleSection":["Sky News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/","name":"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hqdefault-1513.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-10T20:05:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"description":"Watch No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019? for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hqdefault-1513.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hqdefault-1513.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/no-laughing-matter-is-saudi-festival-a-case-of-comedy-washing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of \u2018comedy washing\u2019?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286094"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=286094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}