Too many claims and conclusions about representation are made based on inappropriate comparisons or misleading statistics. Worse, they are reported and repeated uncritically by sympathetic journalists and activists. Dodgy diversity data divides us and makes things worse, not better. We’ve looked at a few examples & considered how they could have been portrayed differently.
Resources
A Barrel of Laughs – new CCS research
The BBC has a problem with the limited range of comedians it gives profile to.
During November we recorded which comedians appeared on BBC 1, BBC 2, and Radio 4 , and researched their public stance on politics, Brexit, and identity politics (“woke”). The results were not pretty.
Getting Along Again – Launch Report
The Campaign for Common Sense (CCS) exists to bring together those who want to have grown up discussion and debate.