Naomi - //I haven’t questioned her religion. I know what her religion is. I’d guess it from her name, and as you rightly say, confirm it from her mode of attire – which incidentally, even though most don’t recognise it, is an insult to every respectable man on the planet. But that aside, my point is that I don’t believe the editorial team at Channel 4 overlooked the possibility that some people may have found this insensitive. Nevertheless, they opted to go for the ‘damage limitation’ angle regardless of the upset that may cause. I hadn’t read the piece in the newspaper before today, but I watch Channel 4 news regularly, I’ve seen this lady before, I saw the original broadcast, and I thought at the time that the decision to ask her to present this item was in poor taste. //
Thank you for your response.
I think we are simply going to have to agree to differ on this one.
You see 'poor taste' and possibly a PC approach to news presentation, I see nothing of the kind.
I would however repeat my point - that this issue has only been raised because a professional right-wing agitator used his national newspaper platform to create an issue which most people would not even have considered - and further, that said newspaper has withdrawn his tweet, and distanced itself from his position.
If The Sun was sure that Mr McKenzie was correct in his racial agitating, it would have defended him to the hilt - not cut and run, leaving him looking like a lone voice barking at the moon alone.
Our views are not going to meet in the middle, so let's move on to the next debate shall we?