Should Ch4 Have Used This Woman In A Hijab

[trt]

to front the news of the Nice massacre?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1459893/why-did-channel-4-have-a-presenter-in-a-hijab-to-front-coverage-of-muslim-terror-in-nice/

[THECORBYLOON]

BAZWILLRUN, why do you prefer not to see this particular newsreader on TV? In what ways does she fall short of your expectations of a newsreader?

[fiction-factory]

>anything to ram multi-culturalism down our throats by the pc leftist media.

Unbelievable, bazwillrun.

[fiction-factory]

And what about that woman who won bake off. Was that a lefty BBC conspiracy to ram multiculturalism down our throats?

[Mamyalynne]

It's quite disturbing to read such sentiments isn't it.

[fiction-factory]

It's the sort of hatred that will make any divisions wider.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes.

[Svejk]

///And what about that woman who won bake off. Was that a lefty BBC conspiracy to ram multiculturalism down our throats?///

Darn tooting. First bit of sense you've spoken in ages, ff.

[jourdain2]

I've heard it mentioned by quite a lot of people, not ranting, who just feel that is was insensitive.

[Bathsheba]

I agree with Gromit at 17.22....what a $h1t newspaper ;)

Baths
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[naomi24]

//Should Ch4 Have Used This Woman In A Hijab//

No, I don't think it should, but I think it was done as a PR exercise.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - //No, I don't think it should, but I think it was done as a PR exercise. //

I suggest you are seeing conspiracies where none actually exist.

Why should this lady not have presented this news item? Is she not able to report on actions by extremists in her faith? It never stopped dozens of Christian presenters from Catholic or Protestant faiths reporting on Northern Ireland terrorism.

Hang on ... ah ... I see now ... it's the fact that her faith is signposted by her dress code ... nope, still can't see a problem.

This appears to be an issue raised by someone who looks to be offended in the interests of a 'story' for which he is paid - anyone doing it for free is simply jumping on a nasty bigoted bandwagon.

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, you may suggest whatever suits you. I don't believe it didn't occur to Channel 4 News that the use of this reporter would not create questions. This was a PR exercise - a 'good' Muslim reporting on the 'baddies'.

[Peter Pedant]

well there were some odd circumstances altogether

they asked men in Nice about Baton Rouge ( or battenridge as the yankees seem to say ) and so there was a whole bunch of comment in French about Baton Rouge in Louisiana which was kinda hinky if you werent paying attention as the number of French speakeers in Baton Rouge should be as igh as zero

and yeah I noticed
when the pope resigned ( in Latin )
they didnt have a roman catholic
or an italian speaker
or someone who could understand spoken latin
on hand which I also thought was a bit hinky

( there was only one hack in the audience who knew what was going on - which I hardly believe )

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - //andy-hughes, you may suggest whatever suits you. I don't believe it didn't occur to Channel 4 News that the use of this reporter would not create questions. //

And what 'questions' could they possibly be?

I am genuinely curious?

Did you ponder this when News At Ten used to have Trevor McDonald reporting on black crime in America - a 'good black man' reporting on the baddies?

Is that really how your mind works?

[ummmm]

What were they suppose to do? Tell her not to come into work because she'll have to be reporting on a Muslim story.

[waterboatman]

Why not? It shows that not all Muslims are terrorists.

[mikey4444]

Mamy...."It's quite disturbing to read such sentiments isn't it"

Quite usual if you look at the minority who agree with the Sun article.
Just stirring the old racial pot, yet again.

[naomi24]

Andy-hughes, //And what 'questions' could they possibly be?//

Haven’t you read the link in the OP?

//Is that really how your mind works?//

That’s a bit personal. Is this you playing pseudo-psychoanalyst?

Waterboatman, //Why not? It shows that not all Muslims are terrorists.//

Precisely – and that was the intention. You might call it an exercise in damage limitation.

[ummmm]

How can you state that, Naomi? It could be just the fact that it was her shift.

[sp1814]

immmm - spot on.

What is CH4 supposed to do? Check all stories to determine whether they need to ban Muslim presenters, or black presenters or white presenters just in case someone from a rival news agency objects?

Have standby presenters from other racial groups?

Pathetic.