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GB News says it has nothing to apologise for, after guest suggests starving disabled benefit claimants

By John Pring on 3rd July 2025 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

GB News says it has nothing to apologise for, after guest suggests starving disabled benefit claimants
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A British news channel has said it has nothing to apologise for after a right-wing commentator and comedian suggested the best way to cut the number of disabled people claiming benefits was to starve, or even shoot, them. It is just […]

Ofcom silent over contrast between ‘parasites’ decision and 2010 rulings on offensive language

By John Pring on 1st May 2025 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Ofcom silent over contrast between ‘parasites’ decision and 2010 rulings on offensive language
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The broadcasting watchdog has refused to explain why it appears to have become so much more reluctant to stand up against disability hate speech in the media over the last 15 years. Ofcom was accused of failing millions of disabled people […]

Ofcom has ‘failed millions of disabled people’ after clearing two TV shows that attacked benefit claimants

By John Pring on 3rd April 2025 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Ofcom has ‘failed millions of disabled people’ after clearing two TV shows that attacked benefit claimants
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The broadcasting watchdog has failed millions of disabled people by clearing two television programmes of disability discrimination and causing offence, including one in which some young people on disability benefits were described as “parasites”. One disabled activist warned that Ofcom’s decisions […]

Call for hate crime law reform, as broadcaster says young people too sick to work are ‘parasites’

By John Pring on 7th November 2024 Category: Crime

Call for hate crime law reform, as broadcaster says young people too sick to work are ‘parasites’
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A right-wing broadcaster is likely to escape police action despite describing young disabled people on out-of-work benefits as “parasites”, in a case that highlights long-standing concerns about inequality for disabled people in hate crime law. Isabel Oakeshott, international editor for TalkTV, […]

History month launch hears disabled people ‘must keep fighting back’ on austerity

By John Pring on 24th November 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

History month launch hears disabled people ‘must keep fighting back’ on austerity
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Disabled people must “keep fighting back” and “politicise” so they can battle the impact of a decade of austerity, a series of leading disabled figures have urged. They spoke about the importance of working together to fight back against the impact […]

‘Increasing dismay’ of deaf film-makers over control of BSL broadcasting trust

By John Pring on 8th July 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

‘Increasing dismay’ of deaf film-makers over control of BSL broadcasting trust
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A group of deaf film-makers say they are “increasingly dismayed” by a charity’s failure to ensure it is run by users of British Sign Language (BSL), even though it spends about £2 million every year commissioning television programmes in BSL. They […]

Television industry must do more to employ disabled people, says Ofcom

By John Pring on 19th September 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Television industry must do more to employ disabled people, says Ofcom
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The television broadcasting industry needs to do more to increase the number of disabled people within its workforce, the regulator has warned, with new figures showing progress has stalled. In its third annual Diversity and Equal Opportunities in Television report, Ofcom […]

Some television companies say just one per cent of staff are disabled, says Ofcom

By John Pring on 21st September 2017 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Some television companies say just one per cent of staff are disabled, says Ofcom
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As few as one per cent of the employees working for some UK broadcasters have described themselves as disabled people, according to new research by the industry regulator. Ofcom’s Diversity And Equal Opportunities In Television report says disabled people appear to […]

BBC board role is chance to push broadcaster on jobs, says Tanni

By John Pring on 30th March 2017 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

BBC board role is chance to push broadcaster on jobs, says Tanni
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A disabled peer is hoping to use her appointment to the BBC’s new board of directors to persuade the broadcaster to employ more disabled people. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson is one of just five non-executive directors appointed by the BBC to its […]

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