CAROL VORDERMAN slams BBC for 'arrogance' after Huw Edwards scandal.
Published: Aug 23, 2024
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Carol vman has said the TV industry is full of snobbery and no longer reflects British society as she accused it of not reaching workingclass viewers the former countdown star 63 delivered the alternative M taget lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Friday she described herself as having been on thousands of shows over decades sacked by the BBC twice pain in the ass lover of parties postmenopausal and said she was standing in anger and without a apology at the media event vman said our industry is an industry of snobbery regional snobbery class snobbery and educational snobbery and don't even get me started on the political issues do she also called television a mess citing orcom figures that she said showed the current decimation of broadcast television the media Regulators research published in July found that less than half of young people watch live television in the average week viewers aged between 45 and 54 have also begun to turn away from linear television with viewing rates in the age group falling from 89% to 84% in a single year vman said people feel lost they feel that the filter of their news the filter through which they get their information is one which isn't recognized by them Dr vman also took a at the BBC over former news presenter Hugh Edwards who pleaded guilty to making child sex abuse images do she also cited the fuori overmatch of the day host Gary liner's tweets about the previous government she said trust in the BBC is declining which she said was understandable because of the way people feel after so many controversial Decisions by BBC management vman added politics arrogance snobbery disillusionment they are all inextricably linked the rich and Powerful corrupting Politics the middles taking broadcast for themselves dot the increasingly absurd right-wing newspaper headlines being promoted by political programs what does this got to do with class everything literally everything after 14 years of austerity and lying by the privileged political class this country is in an absolute mess and the TV industry must accept part of the responsibility for the two including the riots