BBC’s witch-finding climate
By Andrew Grant-Adamson • Sep 24th, 2007 • Category: BroadcastingReturning from Spain, I opened the papers to the story of the Blue Peter cat: a surreal episode which demonstrates just how dangerous inward-looking examination can become. This morning seeing the words “witch hunt” in a Guardian headline, reminded me of how the people of Brandeston in Suffolk turned on their vicar in the 17th century and hanged him as a witch.
No wonder an anonymous person at Television Centre says everyone there is “terrified about the next move”.
Andrew Grant-Adamson is Andrew Grant-Adamson is a journalist who now teaches a new generation of writers, subs and editors at the University of Westminster.
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I totally agree, and made a very similar comment on my blog a few days ago.