#Bylinefest
The Express had a silly phone poll every day to make money. Eg Who do you want to win the World Cup, England or Germany, phone now at £1 call to vote. And loads of the readers did!
When she is out she has to keep in touch with family to let them know where she is and she is alright.
Brian says that another issue is the lack of diversity in newsrooms. Years ago there was research on this, and it found there was basically no diversity. There was a pledge for action, but nothing was done
Brian says that @miqdaad has been doing amazing work in forcing them to do something, although it is very hard.
Miqdaad says that part of the problem is the board of IPSO itself...
And so this is the problem, Miqdaad says, in their quest for controversy the media give regular platforms to far right extremists and to extremist Muslims, but never the majority of moderates.