I do think this is progress. Not the ‘tick box’ part of it but the effort to improve on screen diversity. Shame they think they have to do that in a ‘tick box’ way!
The BBC is seeking a potential new weather presenter who does not need to have any qualifications – but does need to be disabled.
It goes on: “The BBC does not currently have any weather presenters who are disabled and we are actively seeking to improve on screen diversity.”
The advert has been derided on Twitter as “PC gone mad”, while others have likened the decision to the BBC’s own spoof comedy W1A, in which Muslim Sadiq Iqbal is hired because they wanted a bearded man…
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