BBC 'Study' Finds Need For More Gays on TV

[Teddy Bear]

The BBC are really concentrating on the issue that are important to most people in this country.
I'm being sarcastic

Not having seen the questions being posed to arrive at their conclusions I can't make a real judgement, but from my experience I'd be willing to bet they were loaded in the usual BBC style.

Gay people still "invisible" on television, report finds
The BBC should feature more lesbian, gay and bisexual people in children’s television, a report has found.

It should be “more creative and bolder” in how it depicts lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people across all platforms, taking care to avoid stereotypes, the review said.

The study, commissioned by the BBC, found that although there has been a gradual improvement in the level of representation of LBG people, they were “still relatively invisible” in the media.

An expert panel said the corporation should use children’s programming to help “familiarise audiences through incidental portrayal from an early age” as well as validating older children who may be LGB.
It also said there were missed opportunities in sport, particularly given the availability of talent.

But the genre that received the most criticism was BBC News, which was warned that it should be “more creative and nuanced” in its presentation.

The panel said that as a public service broadcaster and standard bearer on moral issues, it should reconsider the way it sets up news debates and avoid using “two extreme perspectives”.

The report found that just over half of the population is comfortable with the portrayal of homosexual men and lesbians on television. Approximately 15 per cent said they were not comfortable and the rest had no strong views.

One in four heterosexual men believe television features too many gay and lesbian people, particularly homosexual men, according to a survey of around 3,500 BBC viewers.

Part of the study was based on interviews with LGB organisations and representatives, who said the media played a critical role in educating wider society as well as reassuring younger gay viewers by using positive role models.

They said that although there had been a gradual degree of improvement across all media in the last ten years, representation of gay people is still so unusual that it “stands out” when included.

Lesbians and bisexuals were felt to be particularly under-represented.
The panel said that drama was a “powerful tool” that should be used to educate viewers about sexuality but warned that the “biggest risk” lay in comedy, when gay and lesbian characters became the focus of the joke.
The report comes two years after a similar BBC study was conducted, but concerns were raised that the findings of the 2010 research had not been effectively communicated with independent producers.

Tim Davie, the BBC’s acting director general and chair of the BBC Working Group which commissioned the review, said: “The BBC has a fundamental obligation to serve all its audiences. In fact, it’s one of the BBC’s public purposes to reflect the diversity of UK life.

“I’m proud to have led this work for three years, and this review underlines our commitment and sets a direction for the work to continue.”

[habbiner]

I thought you had to be gay to get a job. Or pretend.

[Teddy Bear]

To make the kind of conclusions that this review has come up with - that the BBC should feature more lesbian, gay and bisexual people in children’s television, would imply that the people they asked had expressed views on this.

Now considering that children have come from a heterosexual relationship, and are too young anyway to need to be involved in anybody else's sexual preferences, it's clear that there is a clear agenda in those who want to influence their minds.

[habbiner]

It seems odd to me that the BBCS failure to condemn terrorist atrocities, yet take every chance to undermine everything about society that isnt Labour, is a good indicator that they themselves are terrorists of a different ilk.

May i remind them that should Muslims get any form of power in this country, then vast swathes of the BBC will get the chop in a painful place. The BBC positively discriminates towards gay people.

This shows that they will sacrifice anything to impose their form of dictatorship. No more Mr Alexander on that quiz show. Amazing how many presenters are gay. Shocking.

[Teddy Bear]

I moved your post here Habbiner because it seemed more fitting under this thread.
I agree completely with your observation.