Thread by @ImIncorrigible

There was a time in this country, not that long ago, when in order for an ordinary member of the public to be given a national broadcast platform, they had to have achieved something extraordinary, be clearly equipped to do so or have an informed insight to offer.

@lbc @bbc5live

That was a time when broadcasters took their responsibilities seriously. When informing, educating, and entertaining were qualitative measures of their key objectives rather than outrage and controversy delivered for clicks & ££.

@lbc @bbc5live @talkRADIO #r4today @JeremyVineOn5

Now the most racist, most ignorant, most stupid people go to the front of the queue. The mantra is that everyone has an opinion, and therefore everyone deserves & must be given the opportunity to "have a voice" and to "be heard"

@lbc @bbc5live @talkRADIO
@JeremyVineOn5 #r4today

Broadcasters have given us a circus of grotesques to mock and wonder at; a comical carnival because that's "what the people want", it's what gets eyeballs and advertising gold for the corporations and the presenters.

@lbc @bbc5live #r4today @JeremyVineOn5 @talkRADIO

And f*ck all of the consequences.

All these idiots and racists served-up daily in our media normalises a perspective that says it doesn't matter what you know or what you have achieved. All that matters is having an opinion.

@lbc @bbc5live @talkRADIO #r4today @JeremyVineOn5

If that opinion happens to be hateful, and xenophobic there's a place for you not only on TV and radio, but also in political parties that now include openly racist leaders who promote...

@lbc @talkRADIO @bbc5live @JeremyVineOn5 #r4today

neo-Nazi ideology in Britain in 2019, and have their own daily / weekly slots on talk radio and TV.

It's the triumph of the loud and garish and shallow and vile over the good & the socially useful.

It's the path to misery and nastiness and hate.

@lbc @talkRADIO @JeremyVineOn5

It's a sideshow & a distraction massaging us into accepting more nastiness, & more violence, & the social divisiveness we thought we left behind decades ago.

It's a road to nowhere for most.

It's riches for the monstrous few.

@lbc @talkRADIO @bbc5live #r4today @JeremyVineOn5