Chris Hanretty » political correctness http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog Notes on Italian politics and public broadcasting Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 The BBC hates Poles. Apparently. http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/04/the-bbc-hates-poles-apparently/ http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/04/the-bbc-hates-poles-apparently/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:44:54 +0000 Chris http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/04/the-bbc-hates-poles-apparently/ Daniel Kawczynski (Cons.) claims that the BBC is covering Polish immigrants more than any other ethnic group, because the BBC is too politically correct to cover immigrants from different (African, Asian, Caribbean) backgrounds.

Where does he go to make the allegation? BBC Radio Four’s Today programme.

The article covering the BBC response seems to have a firmer grasp on the facts than Mr. Kawczynski’s attacks.

I’m not really sure who this episode serves; one presumes that Kawczynski was casually mixing the “BBC is politically correct” meme with the campaign for a Bank Holiday in recognition of Polish servicemen, rather than coming to this conclusion after a rigorous content analysis of the BBC’s output.

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