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A facially-disfigured man is to read the news on Channel 5. -
some bright spark has no idea why it was classed 'an experiment' and has commented...
yes, lets all stick our heads in the sand and lean the PC side of life
I also have no idea why anyone would dislike the police, or come to think of it, where santa was last year... maybe i was a naughty boyThis is a reply to this message.
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More discrimination yet again from the tv news department.
It is a facially disfigured *man* who is going to be reading the news, not a *woman*.
Women over a certain age get sacked from reading the news - unlike their male counterparts- so what chance do women who are facially disfigured ever have the chance of reading the news?
None.This is a reply to this message.
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My PA has a counter point of view on TV news readers. She thinks that women presenters are chosen for their good looks while women viewers are stuck with boring men.
Oh well, c'est la vie!
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Yes I agree with Wheelthing's post.
It seems that women have to be young and pretty but men present on tv until they are 70+
As a young woman I would like to see more good looking young men on tv presenting as well...
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Nothing wrong with someone reading the news with a facial disfigurement. Good on him.
I know a lot of people who have facial disfigurements and they are very bright and intelligent unfortunately people do not see that and treat them as stupid.
I was listening to our local radio station in the northeast and they had someone on who runs the poppy appeal for ex servicemen.
I heard her by saying that you are not allowed to enter one of the rooms because the people are so badly disfigured and I was shocked at this.
I texted in but I don't know if they could see the point I was making simply because its not right that just because someone who has a different face should be shund and people are not allowed to go into the same room as them.
To be honest I hate the word disfigurement. A friend of mine used the word disharmony simply because it sounds gentler than disfigurements.This is a reply to this message.
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It seems that women have to be young and pretty but men present on tv until they are 70+
My point exactly - see post 3.
When we see an older woman or a woman of any age who is considered to have a 'facial disfigurement' reading the news, then that will be progress.This is a reply to this message.
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Ive seen this man on TV many times over the years, he reprisents the biggest charity for disfigurment and I have a lot of respect for him, he made me stop and think about facial disfigurment for the first time.
I hope this makes it more acceptable to the general public for newsreaders etc to reflect society in race, gender and every other taboo like disability.
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grey haired, stout or unattractive females chairing and outnumbering men on panels and discussions and presenting programmes, with a small number of males in subserviant positions, all chosen for looks and wearing clinging figure-revealing clothing?
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