Bigotry
15/07/04 12:06 Ethics
People who read this column regularly (hi Mum) will
be expecting a broadside on the Government, Iraq and
how Gilligan was right and Hutton was an idiot today.
Unfortunately I can't think of anything to say that
hasn't been said elsewhere or which isn't completely
obvious.
Instead I'd like to draw your attention to the BBC documentary on the BNP this evening. It reveals - wait for it - that the BNP is racist. This wouldn't have been worth saying, except when Jon Gaunt of BBC London was talking about it on his estimable phone-in this morning a large amount of people mailed, texted or called in defense of said organisation. They claimed the BBC had a liberal agenda.
Well, maybe it has - but is preaching tolerance such a bad thing? Anyone who doubts that bigotry is rife elsewhere in the media really ought to read this piece - with thanks to PJ White on the Fleet Street forum for pointing it out in the first place.
P. S. Yesterday the Mail printed about 30 bits of job ads from The Guardian, claiming they were proof that the Civil Service is wasting loads of money. In fact the vast majority of them were in local authority and nothing to do with the Civil Service. This has been a public service announcement.
Instead I'd like to draw your attention to the BBC documentary on the BNP this evening. It reveals - wait for it - that the BNP is racist. This wouldn't have been worth saying, except when Jon Gaunt of BBC London was talking about it on his estimable phone-in this morning a large amount of people mailed, texted or called in defense of said organisation. They claimed the BBC had a liberal agenda.
Well, maybe it has - but is preaching tolerance such a bad thing? Anyone who doubts that bigotry is rife elsewhere in the media really ought to read this piece - with thanks to PJ White on the Fleet Street forum for pointing it out in the first place.
P. S. Yesterday the Mail printed about 30 bits of job ads from The Guardian, claiming they were proof that the Civil Service is wasting loads of money. In fact the vast majority of them were in local authority and nothing to do with the Civil Service. This has been a public service announcement.
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