Yasmin Alibhai Brown: the media must be controlled

[Mich the Tester]

Then we have to listen to the monster raving llloney party. Thats you isn't it?

And me!


Hello Brillo

[darmstadt]

Something about controlling the media to stop Nigel Farage getting too much publicity. Can't watch it myself but it's only 18 seconds so would be innerested to see if it's as contentious as it sounds. Anyone care to do the honours?

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The media has to censor Nigel Farage - YouTube

Lefty nutter, the worst of the worst:

Alibhai-Brown has attracted criticism for her views. Michael Wharton has accused her of an excessive pursuit of political correctness: "At 3.6 degrees on the Alibhai-Brown scale, it sets off a shrill scream that will not stop until you’ve pulled yourself together with a well-chosen anti-racist slogan." Stephen Pollard accused her of racism while calling her opinions "utterly vile" in The Spectator.

On 25 August 2008, she appeared on Five's The Wright Stuff discussion programme. In a discussion about an employment issue relating to white men, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown said: "Take his advice. Don't apply. It would be great if you lot just went away; white, middle class men. We'd just walk in wouldn't we." When challenged by the host for the day, Richard Bacon, "Is that not a racist comment?" she replied: "Of course".

[sasguru]

YAB is in a long line of Oxbridge arts grads, who've decided to make a living in the media as a type of "shock jock" - i.e. articulating their silly opinions to provoke a reaction and get publicity. Others are James Delingpole (on the opposite side of the spectrum) and Melanie Philips.
I think they half believe the tulipe they spout - which goes to show an Oxbridge education is not what's it cracked up to be.

[vetran]

I think there is a case for a No Platform position when it comes to fascists, who are looking to abuse democratic freedoms to bring down democracy, but...

Farage is a democrat, so give him proportional access to the airwaves etc. to allow him to express his views.

thin end of the wedge, if they aren't convicted of a suitable crime (Racial hatred, incitement etc) and are standing then they get as much air time as they can.

Otherwise the government / media will censor in their interests and we know where that leads.

[Old Greg]

thin end of the wedge, if they aren't convicted of a suitable crime (Racial hatred, incitement etc) and are standing then they get as much air time as they can.

Otherwise the government / media will censor in their interests and we know where that leads.

Griffin had been convicted of a suitable crime but they still put him on Question Time.

[xoggoth]

Appalling. I used to quite like her too.