TV Industry Must Accept Some Responsibility For Its Role In UK Riots, Says Carol Vorderman
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deadline.comThe TV industry must accept some responsibility for its role in the recent UK riots, alternative MacTaggart lecturer Carol Vorderman has proclaimed.
The former Countdown icon delivered a broadside against the industry’s treatment of working class voices – a theme at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival – along with the way in which the mainstream media and public broadcasters have failed the nation.
Vorderman, who has turned to political activism in recent years, did not hold back, and drew on the recent riots as an example.
She said: “After 14 years of austerity and lying by the privileged political class, this country is in an absolute mess and the TV industry must accept part of the responsibility for that too, including the riots.
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