Surely he has a right to hold utterly disgusting and toxic views as long as he is doing good research and is behaving professionally in the university setting!
Yes ideally the market would kill it off by everybody boycotting it. But when it is so big and dominant that's hard (essentially the collective action problem)
Isn't that an issue for a regulator. X/Twitter gives a lot of people reach they wouldn't otherwise have so you cannot blame ordinary punters for using it.
The issues with X/twitter amplifying hate speech should be looked at by a regulator with some teeth, just as with any other publication!
Not disputing that but #Bbcqt formula is uniquely bad. Answer any questions with a wildly implausible "answer" involving lots of money for good things by stopping bad foreign things! Get the applause from the crowd!
... Then literally no follow up. Not from the host nor the panel!
Only by modifying the format enough to call out his racism.
The format is appalling. 6 question and about a minute for each politican to say their rehearsed lines on the topic. No time to interrogate whether there is any substance behind it!
Generally populists are playing on easy mode on #BBCQT
I'm pretty sure the Kremlin figured out UKIP were a bunch of idiots who were clueless about international politics and where Britain's interests stood. Hence they did everything they could to cultivate and support them!
Unsurprisingly, Farage has consistently taken pro Putin positions!
Genuinely mystified about what Lisa Nandy actually does. Even more mystified by how somebody who has clearly not got on top of her brief was at one point considered a rising star and a future leader!
I guess if you are in opposition they are easy. Particularly if you can pretend to a bunch of voters, who are very dependent on the state, that they will be protected at no cost and there is a load of subsidises going to people and causes they don't like!
I don't think the old institutions were perfect. But the fundamental argument, that getting rid of the elite guardrails on the media has resulted in more misinformation, seems to be supported by the empirical evidence!
Twenty years ago ITV tried to mix politics and light entertainment. The results were predictably disastrous. Surprised Peston would want to take his career in that direction
Ironically I reckon a decent percentage of the reform voters are attracted Farage because he projects confidence (rather than any specific policy position)
Hence confidently attacking him and his party actually wins them back more than triangulation on policy positions!
I'm pretty convinced people claiming "too many immigrants" are basically often thinking too many people who sound and look a bit foreign that I don't like!
I fear labour "cutting immigration" will make the economy worse whilst not changing the perception of the "too many immigrants" crowd!
Also that's a lot more than can be said for the parties on the right who are most likely to replace labour! They are actively pursuing a strategy that morally and practically wrong!
