Comments on: Discrimination at the BBC or just a sign of the times? http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:37:35 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: PaganPride http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-11264 PaganPride Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:44:23 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=3754#comment-11264 There is an old saying that goes something like "Everyone should be a socialist when they are young, but experience will teach them conservative values are best" I think is was by Beatrice Webb (in which case it is somewhat ironic!) - But it might help explain why experienced presenters are elbowed out of the BBC. There is an old saying that goes something like “Everyone should be a socialist when they are young, but experience will teach them conservative values are best”

I think is was by Beatrice Webb (in which case it is somewhat ironic!) – But it might help explain why experienced presenters are elbowed out of the BBC.

]]> By: Shaun Pilkington http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-11262 Shaun Pilkington Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:46:49 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=3754#comment-11262 But then they got slagged by the 'think of the children' brigade earlier for employing a girl with one arm as a blue peter presenter as her disfigurement may scare the <strike>horses</strike> children. The lesson surely has to be for them to not put themselves in this position. With our <strike>tax</strike> license fee money! But then they got slagged by the ‘think of the children’ brigade earlier for employing a girl with one arm as a blue peter presenter as her disfigurement may scare the horses children. The lesson surely has to be for them to not put themselves in this position. With our tax license fee money!

]]> By: Obsidian http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-11260 Obsidian Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:03:46 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=3754#comment-11260 The beeb also got done a few months back for getting rid of a blind news reader... Very equal opportunities! The beeb also got done a few months back for getting rid of a blind news reader…

Very equal opportunities!

]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-11258 JuliaM Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:26:57 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=3754#comment-11258 <i>"By the way, I voted for you and Julia. "</i> Cheers! :) <i>"It is ironic that an organisation that claims to cherish diversity so much is quite happy to show such blatant discrimination themselves."</i> Don't the cobbler's children always go barefoot? “By the way, I voted for you and Julia. “

Cheers! :)

“It is ironic that an organisation that claims to cherish diversity so much is quite happy to show such blatant discrimination themselves.”

Don’t the cobbler’s children always go barefoot?

]]> By: LFAT http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-11255 LFAT Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:34:18 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=3754#comment-11255 It is ironic that an organisation that claims to cherish diversity so much is quite happy to show such blatant discrimination themselves. It's just a shame that the news presenters who get elbowed out didn't fight back with lawsuits. It is ironic that an organisation that claims to cherish diversity so much is quite happy to show such blatant discrimination themselves. It’s just a shame that the news presenters who get elbowed out didn’t fight back with lawsuits.

]]> By: the englishman http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-11254 the englishman Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:16:08 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=3754#comment-11254 Oh this is nothing new. The BBC have been discriminatory and politically charged for years. They admit that staff undergo "diversity training" and have been discriminating over accents, age and ethnicity for a long time. Once again I'd like to ask your readers to vote in my poll on the Tories: http://theantipolitician.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/82/ Oh this is nothing new. The BBC have been discriminatory and politically charged for years. They admit that staff undergo “diversity training” and have been discriminating over accents, age and ethnicity for a long time.

Once again I’d like to ask your readers to vote in my poll on the Tories:
http://theantipolitician.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/82/

]]> By: LFAT http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-11253 LFAT Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:59:16 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=3754#comment-11253 It is certainly pathetic and, as I said in the letter, I think the news is probably the worst place to stop cutting out the experienced presenters. It is certainly pathetic and, as I said in the letter, I think the news is probably the worst place to stop cutting out the experienced presenters.

]]> By: Shaun Pilkington http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-11252 Shaun Pilkington Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:41:52 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=3754#comment-11252 Our society is backwards. We hide death from people. We used to lay out dead family members in the drawing room for folks to pay their respects. Now we eschew that and want the dead medicalised and treated cleanly somewhere else, out of sight. Can't scare the children. So while death is made something bad and unusual (rather than natural and inevitable), anything leading to death is a bit taboo. We promulgate the idea that if you live 'right' avoid <strike>sins</strike> like smoking and drinking, you'll live forever. Wrong, of course (tho it may *feel* like forever!) but still... So with illness out of the way, its only the older people who can remind us of death. So, like some 1970s sci fi film, we <strike>disintegrate them in a shopping centre</strike> push them out of sight. Into back offices, into the dead shifts where nobody can see them. And all so that 'normal', 'healthy', 'decent' people and especially children aren't reminded that death awaits us all in the end. Its pathetic, frankly. Our society is backwards. We hide death from people. We used to lay out dead family members in the drawing room for folks to pay their respects. Now we eschew that and want the dead medicalised and treated cleanly somewhere else, out of sight. Can’t scare the children.

So while death is made something bad and unusual (rather than natural and inevitable), anything leading to death is a bit taboo. We promulgate the idea that if you live ‘right’ avoid sins like smoking and drinking, you’ll live forever. Wrong, of course (tho it may *feel* like forever!) but still…

So with illness out of the way, its only the older people who can remind us of death. So, like some 1970s sci fi film, we disintegrate them in a shopping centre push them out of sight. Into back offices, into the dead shifts where nobody can see them. And all so that ‘normal’, ‘healthy’, ‘decent’ people and especially children aren’t reminded that death awaits us all in the end.

Its pathetic, frankly.

]]> By: LFAT http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-11250 LFAT Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:44:29 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=3754#comment-11250 Julia, maybe they have good judgement when choosing who should be in their harem?.... James, I'm sure it is very distressing to be on the receiving end of age discrimination. Many thanks for your vote as well. Julia, maybe they have good judgement when choosing who should be in their harem?….

James, I’m sure it is very distressing to be on the receiving end of age discrimination. Many thanks for your vote as well.

]]> By: jameshigham http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/07/20/discrimination-at-the-bbc-or-just-a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-11247 jameshigham Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:34:41 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=3754#comment-11247 Thank you for this. I am a victim of this myself. By the way, I voted for you and Julia. Thank you for this. I am a victim of this myself. By the way, I voted for you and Julia.

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