More on the Beeb...
Oct. 3rd, 2019 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnny9fingersA week or so ago I mentioned the nativist clique in the BBC; and how every now and then it rears it’s ugly head:
https://johnny9fingers.dreamwidth.org/322825.html
Well, it seems some folk in the Beeb have had enough:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/oct/03/bbc-staff-challenge-managers-over-racism-in-naga-munchetty-row
And folk who have been obviously biased will no doubt now be identified. Or, alternatively, it has thrown up a set of grey areas where folk may or may not be free to express personal opinions. But the original restriction never prevented John Humphrys on the Today programme on Radio4; it’s about how you frame the questions, obviously.
Racism is racism wherever it happens to find a nest to breed its hatchlings. Even in the hallowed Beeb. Transparency means we can measure things by many of the various metrics available; in the end it’s all about information and information processing.
Oh well.
https://johnny9fingers.dreamwidth.org/322825.html
Well, it seems some folk in the Beeb have had enough:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/oct/03/bbc-staff-challenge-managers-over-racism-in-naga-munchetty-row
And folk who have been obviously biased will no doubt now be identified. Or, alternatively, it has thrown up a set of grey areas where folk may or may not be free to express personal opinions. But the original restriction never prevented John Humphrys on the Today programme on Radio4; it’s about how you frame the questions, obviously.
Racism is racism wherever it happens to find a nest to breed its hatchlings. Even in the hallowed Beeb. Transparency means we can measure things by many of the various metrics available; in the end it’s all about information and information processing.
Oh well.
