Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
That first paragraph just shows you up as an utter squirmer, The Boris Johnson of the forum no less
There you go again with the personal jibes, and you a mod, hmm!


Its not squirming at all, because in my first post, I asserted that you had done some research to try and back up your perception, which indeed you had.

If you considered your assessment logically, there is no way you could accurately ascertain from simply watching TV or other media that there was a "supposed" over representation of BAME people in the media, not on a 23% proportion.

There are a number of obvious reasons why this is the case, but to take just one instance you, even if you watched a considerable amount of TV, would never be able to watch enough to be able to make an accurate assessment, it can only be your perception that made you think that, based purely on the fact that for some reason you notice when there is a BAME person or persons in whatever your watching.

I think you'd form that opinion if, for arguments sake, you watched channel 4 news and saw two BAME's presenting and then later on saw BBC news and saw 1 BAME presenting. Your point of view would be, I watched two different news channels and the majority of presenters were BAME, thats over representation.

I didn't disagree that the stats appear to back you up, but what they didn't reveal is where that so called "over representation" is - is it in drama, documentaries, news, weather etc? If its in an area which you watch a lot, then it would be noticeable, although again I come back to the question, why is it that you notice this?

There is no squirming here, if only because in the first place it wasn't whether there was an over representation that I was calling you out on, but the fact that you felt it was worth commenting on!

Thats the real question.