Anyone Agree There Are Too Many White Male Presenters On The Bbc?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2615471/BBC-race-bias-Corporations-news-boss-says-presenters-white-men-managers-recruits-look-like-them.html

[emmie]

no

[emmie]

no

[Old_Geezer]

Of course, they should all be young black females.

[emmie]

something odd happened, i didn't post that twice.

[scooping]

No

[royfromaus]

Sack the proof reader.

[Khandro]

The problem with having attractive lady presenters, like Natasha Kaplinsky, is my mind starts to wander from what it is she is actually saying and I start to think of things I shouldn't be thinking - if you see what I mean.
Am I alone with this problem?

[dunnitall]

Any job anywhere should be given on merit not on colour of skin IMO.

[emmie]

what a load of bilge, a course on unconscious bias, a comment straight out of W1A, yet says will recruit best for the job,

quote
'Across News, we worry that we have a tendency to recruit in our own image, so all members of the News Group Board have taken a course in unconscious bias.' Mr Harding - who was previously editor of The Times newspaper - said he would 'stick to the principle that the best candidate gets the job'.

[douglas9401]

Big sigh...again.

[Old_Geezer]

Surely that's the point Khandro. One gets the news from the Internet or the teletext. Similarly with the weather forecast.

[Cloverjo]

I have never thought there are too many white males on tv. In fact, I was thinking recently how many people of Asian origin were on. I noticed lots of names like Akmal, Chakrabati, and so on. Maybe not frontline presenters, but still very high profile.

[redvanman]

I do not agree it is ENGLAND

[royfromaus]

BBC News is England ...lol

[youngmafbog]

No, in realation to percentage of ethnicity I would say the white male is under represented. Which of course would be right in line with the BBC right-on thinking.

[whiskeryron]

In my honest opinion there are too many PEOPLE on the BBC. Why does it sometimes take TWO people to tell us about news items ( 1st one says something then the 2nd one takes up the story line) I'm sure that ONE person could manage to cope with a few lines of script.

[sp1814]

Whilst I wouldn't want to second guess the new head of news, I don't think there are 'too many' white male presenters, because on local news programmes there has been a definite increase in the number of quality presenters who aren't male, middle class and / or white.

If you look at news programmes from 20 years ago, and compare it to today, there seem to be a great number of excellent reporters coming through...and you can't simply employ non-white presenters who haven't done the 'groundwork' first.

[Kromovaracun]

So I hate to be "that guy", but I feel this thread touches on an issue that went somewhat unresolved in puternut's thread.

Specifically, I'd like to know why AOG complained that the recent tendency to show more black or gay people on television shows is "ruining television." For those of you who missed it, it went like this:


"this type of thing is ruining TV shows etc, where now they must have the prominent black actor, gay character, even in shows such as Catchphrase there now must be a black cartoon character along side such others as Mr Chips, along with black cartoon characters in certain car insurance adverts.

And as for 'Come dine with me' we now have to have black guests, gay guests and even one I saw last night which had a transvestite, WHY?"

I hate to cross threads, but it's a similar subject and of course AOG seems not to have seen the number of people asking him why this "ruins" television.

Any chance for a comment, AOG?

[Brancaster]

I agree with whiskyron - why do we need one male and one female to see-saw with news items.
Perhaps the BBC will now want black lesbians in wheelchairs with visual impairment and hearing loss presenting the news !

[Prudie]

No and agree, sack the proof reader, it can't be that hard to at least check your bold headlines.