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What does the BBC have against Oxbridge-educated white men?

6 June 2023

12:59 AM

6 June 2023

12:59 AM

Has the BBC been taking diversity hiring tips from the RAF? Leaked emails released last week showed RAF officials urging the recruitment of fewer ‘useless white male pilots’. Now it appears BBC 5 Live might be just as done with white men.

Steerpike notes a tweet from Rick Edwards, co-presenter of the radio station’s breakfast programme, calling for applicants to a paid placement scheme:

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