Ian Blair the other day found himself in hot water for suggesting that the media display racism in how they report crime. If it’s a white victim, the story gets splashed all over the front pages; if not, it gets…

Until there are more ethnic minorities working in the media, the news values of the media will not shift.

Any story has new values, specific to each publication or programme.

Stephen Lawrence was covered because his father was working as a painter/decorator at Paul Dacre (editor in chief of the daily mail), and if Stephen hadn’t been planning to be ‘an architect’ it’s very unlikely it would have been covered.

The Mail newsdesk ask three questions before deciding to proceed with covering a victim story

1) is the victim university educated
2) do they own their own house
3) do their parents own their own house.

As for the evening standard. their news policy, is ‘white fright’, ie stories that tap into the fears and worst paranoia of a white suburban audience.

it’s not as simple as institutionally racist – class, education, geography, previous events are all factors. but none as much as which story is going to sell the most papers/or draw the largest audience

=>”Actually, Sikh IS pronounced Seekh, now that I think about it (My second mistake. It’s been a long day).”

Yes it is pronounced that way in this part of the world, although technically it’s not supposed to be — the word’s meant to rhyme with (for example) “nick”. However, for obvious reasons I think the pronunciation changed — in spoken English, anyway — after the British came along (as far as I know).

It’s still pronounced the proper way back in India.

Your post did make me laugh though — I thought the same thing as Jay. “Bubble & Squeak” lol

Anyway, that’s enough off-topic clarification from me…..

So, I would say that the british media is ‘institutionally useless’.

Notice how the Griffin trial is not covered at all? Not one serious journualist capable of a calm, logical analysis is covering this, all I’ve seen were some lightweights hacks with emotional apeals: ‘He is lying, yes he is!’ without any facts to back this up.

The only in depth account of the trial that I can find is on his ‘Free Speech Blog’ and so far, he actually made a lot of points that are worthwhile investigating, and there is nothing unreasonable there. I’m pretty gutted that much of what he has been saying is left uncontended and even I am beginning to wonder and worry if the man has a point.

What really happened in Keighley? If we have men who are grooming children, we have a problem in any case, they will not stop at abusing their own family members and they need to be sorted out. If they are not kiddie molesters, then it is important to correct the misconception. Right now, those people are left with the rumour, and that is the worst of both worlds.

Now, I also have a problem with the Griffin trial in that I’m not willing to discount what he says just because of who he is. Fact is fact, even if the jester is the one who points it out.

And by not demolishing his arguments in a logical way or solving the problems he is pointing out, the jester may yet have the chance to graduate from fool to serious contender. (!)

What is also interesting is that Blair said the ‘institutionally racist’ blubb the moment Griffins claimed the same thing as a defense in his trial, just that it was biased against whites.

Not one hack to juxtapose the religious gag law that is currently going through parliament with either the Griffin or the Hamza trial, not one hack out there, hunting the truth (probably too mundane to print, eh)

Can someone please sow the balls back onto our newspapers, find their dentures and wake them out of their artificial coma before it is too late?

Griffins trial blog: http://freespeechontrial.blogspot.com/

So you Brits better stop crying and arm the law abiding citizens.

I didn’t read your post to know you were referring to Europeans!!

Your first mistake. Her appearances are decreasing, with a concerted ignorist attititude, she may eventually dissipate after initially annoying everyone. Like a fart.

Who are the bubbles El Cid?

looooooool.

I noticed a change in how Latinos and Blacks are portrayed. Maybe 15 years ago, if they needed a gangster in a moive or on T.V., they had blacks, but now they are almost always Latino.