Discrimination: Weather Presenter Wanted

[vandamme]

Infected by PC left agenda, the BBC shows that it is so brave about its philosophy it can discriminate in plain site!

Job Advert:

Full Article:

Weather presenter wanted, no qualifications necessary, must be disabled: BBC posts advert to find new forecaster and the only requirement is a disability
BBC is on the hunt for a disabled weather presenter to improve diversity
Applicants do not need to be an expert or have qualification in meteorology
Advert has been blasted with some calling it a 'box-ticking exercise'
Candidates will have a masterclass with presenters and session with stylist
By Jenny Awford for MailOnline
Published: 09:18, 28 May 2015 | Updated: 09:48, 28 May 2015
If you're looking for your first break as a weather presenter on national TV but have no relevant qualifications or experience you may be in luck.
The BBC is on the hunt for a new face to present daily weather bulletins - but the only requirement is you must be disabled.
An official advert posted on the corporation's vacancies website said the BBC does not currently have any disabled weather presenters and is 'actively seeking to improve on-screen diversity'.
It says: 'Do you want to share your passion for the weather by presenting weather bulletins? Do you have a disability?

'The BBC does not currently have any weather presenters who are disabled and we are actively seeking to improve on screen diversity.
'You don't need to be an expert or have a qualification in meteorology.'

Staff are said to be 'furious' at the positive discrimination and some said they were 'shocked' when they saw the advert.
The 'politically correct job vacancy' has been blasted with some saying the 'box-ticking exercise' sounds like a story line from the BBC's own spoof comedy W1A.

In a recent episode of the show, bosses hired Muslim Sadiq Iqbal as a weather presenter because they wanted a bearded man to keep the broadcasting watchdog happy.
A source told The Sun: 'This feels like political correctness gone mad on the part of the BBC.
'Surely it's much more important for the weather to be presented by an expert, rather than someone with a disability?
'Everyone supports disabled people getting great jobs but it makes sense that they still have the right experience and qualifications. This feels like a box-ticking exercise.'
'W1A is meant to be a parody, not a documentary.'
The BBC has traditionally employed fully-qualified meteorologists and many of its current crop have a wealth of experience.

Weatherman Alex Deakin has an Astrophysics degree, Chris Fawkes has a Geography degree, Peter Gibbs is a polar meteorologist and Philip Avery is a navy weather expert.
Many familiar faces had previously been employed by the Met Office - including Michael Fish who famously dismissed an oncoming hurricane in 1987.
The job advert said the BBC Academy would be running a free training opportunity to help men and women with a disability feel comfortable presenting bulletins on television and radio.
Candidates will be given a masterclass with current weather presenters as well as sessions with a voice coach.
They will even be given a session with stylist along with training presenting using an earpiece and live talkback.
'You will meet established weather presenters and members of the production team and will learn what it takes to present BBC weather bulletins,' it said.
Candidates who take part in the training will be eligible to apply for future vacancies.
A BBC spokesperson said: 'We are not advertising for a disabled weather presenter. This training opportunity is open to men and women with disabilities who have a passion for weather and the environment and who have the potential to become weather presenters in the future.
'There are no jobs guaranteed at the end of the training. There is nothing 'PC' about offering training to people with disabilities.'

[Teddy Bear]

Good as always to see you Van.
I notice the BBC claim that they are not offering jobs at the end of the training, but they state in their advert The BBC does not currently have any weather presenters who are disabled and we are actively seeking to improve on screen diversity.
So what's the point of training them, besides the fact that this exercise is paid for by the licence fee payer for the BBC to indulge themselves?

I also noticed this below in another job advertisement they're running. Notice what I highlighted and how they promote 'BBC values'


The irony says it all.

[Teddy Bear]

Richard Littlejohn spells out what's wrong with this BBC diversity exercise. I also like the cartoon attached to this article which says a lot about the BBC.

Disabled BBC weathermen? Bring back the bouncing dwarf, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

By Richard Littlejohn for the Daily Mail

Today’s edition of You Couldn’t Make It Up comes courtesy of the BBC, which is advertising for disabled weather forecasters, no experience necessary.

‘Do you want to share your passion for the weather by presenting weather bulletins? Do you have a disability?

‘The BBC does not currently have any weather presenters who are disabled and we are actively seeking to improve on-screen diversity.’


Under the sub-heading ‘The Ideal Candidate’, the recruitment advert, on the BBC’s website, says: ‘You do not need to be an expert or to have a qualification in meteorology.’

You might have thought that a complete lack of any relevant expertise or qualifications might be a bit of a drawback for anyone planning a career as a weather forecaster. But in the brave new world of the BBC, ability to actually do the job comes a distant second to having the right politics, gender, skin colour, sexuality, religion or disability.

The Corporation is obsessed with quotas — except at senior management level, which consists almost exclusively of white, predominantly-male, middle-class, Oxbridge-educated Guardianistas.

They salve their own consciences and shore up their lavishly-rewarded, privileged positions by imposing strict ‘diversity’ targets on the lower orders, even if that means hammering square pegs into round holes.

Before the usual suspects start squealing with confected outrage, let me make it clear for the umpteenth time that I have no problem with broadcasting organisations reflecting the audience they are supposed to be serving.

I’ve written before about my time at London Weekend Television in the mid-Nineties, when my executive producer Trevor Phillips was about the only black face in the building not pushing a broom or working in the canteen.

Things have improved immeasurably over the past 20 years, both on-camera and behind the scenes.

When I worked for the BBC, there were plenty of people with physical handicaps employed there. But they got those jobs because they were talented engineers, producers, computer wizards, or whatever. All of them were hired for their abilities, not because of their disabilities.

The BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue, currently based in Washington, is a talented political journalist, with years of experience, who just happens to be blind.

Ade ADEpitan and Arthur Williams are part of the Channel 4 Paralympics team because they are polished presenters with a background in competitive sport, not because they’re in wheelchairs.

Taking somebody on simply because they are disabled smacks of the worst kind of tokenism. It’s insulting to those people who have bothered to learn their trade.

What message does this advert send to, say, a girl from a Chinese, Nigerian or White British background, come to that, who has spent three years at university obtaining a meteorology degree and hopes to forge a career as a BBC weather presenter?

Must she forget about it because she’s not only over-qualified, she’s also able-bodied? That’s the problem with the ‘diversity’ agenda. There’s an ever-shifting hierarchy of victimhood.

Does sexuality trump ethnicity? At the moment, gays seem to be seriously over-represented in a number of areas, including weather forecasting. Should Muslims be promoted ahead of homosexuals, or Afro-Caribbean women ahead of heterosexual white men with disabilities?

And (don’t get me started) why are there so many dopey birds wittering on about football and rugby, especially on the BBC? At this rate, it won’t be long before Match Of The Day is introduced by a paraplegic Somali transsexual in a burka.

Look, I’m all in favour of equal opportunities. Everyone should be able to make the most of their talents and ambitions, regardless of their background.

There are still obvious areas of employment where the cards seem to be stacked against visible minorities. For instance, professional football club owners remain reluctant to hire Black British managers — no matter how distinguished their playing careers.

But there’s a world of difference between a level playing field and a system which disregards ability and hard-earned qualifications in favour of candidates who tick the right political boxes.

This latest advert is straight out of the BBC’s own, self-parodying series W1A. A recent episode featured a Muslim weatherman with a full Islamic beard who had only been hired to keep the diversity watchdog happy. When he discovers they’re more interested in his beard than his brains, he’s absolutely horrified and threatens to walk out.

Actually, when it comes to promoting vulnerable minorities in the field of weather forecasting, the BBC is a long way behind the game. Twenty years ago, L!VE TV, the cable channel run by Kelvin MacKenzie, featured a weather map fronted by a dwarf called Rusty.

Because of his restricted growth, Rusty couldn’t reach above Birmingham, so whenever he had to discuss the forecast for Scotland and Northern England he would bounce up and down on a mini-trampoline — until one day he fell off and almost broke his neck while attempting to point to a cold front over Aberdeen.

Having said that, Rusty’s forecasts — which didn’t change from one week to the next — were no less accurate than those of the BBC.

For instance, when I set out for Lord’s last Saturday morning the local BBC website was predicting warm, dry weather. Before the lunch interval, it had turned bitterly cold, the floodlights were on and the match was held up for two hours because of rain.

The ‘experts’ ask us to believe them when they insist the Earth will melt in 2050 because of global warming, but they can’t even tell us with any degree of certainty what’s going to happen today.

So perhaps the BBC’s enlightened new recruitment policy makes sense. They might just as well hire a disabled weatherman with no qualifications.

He couldn’t do much worse.

[thehighlandrebel]

Sleet, hailstones and a bitter wind up here today.
I must write to one of them climate scientists and ask them when the hell is this global warming going to start.

[charmbrights]

The lazy man's weather forecast beats the BBC by about 20% more accurate forecasts here in South Wales. That is "tomorrow's weather will be much the same as yesterday's".