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BBC pay

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MrsTerryPratchett · 19/07/2017 16:29

www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40653383

The highest paid women earns a quarter of what the highest paid man earns and two thirds of the highest paid are men.

No surprises there.

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WhichJob · 19/07/2017 17:42

It is across all the women - Mishel Hussain gets a pittance compared to everyone else as do the presenters of Woman's Hour.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 19/07/2017 17:41

That's not meant as a derail - it just really struck me that race was as salient a feature as sex on this one - but with white men firmly at the top of the heap as per usual. No I totally agree. I was thinking, "look at all the white men" when I saw the pictures.

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Loopytiles · 19/07/2017 17:38

Yes, Clare should deffo seek a pay rise!

LapdanceShoeshine · 19/07/2017 17:21

What's even worse is that INVERDALE gets more than her AngryAngryAngry

SueMacartney · 19/07/2017 17:19

Also if you think in purely practical terms, Clare Balding covers events like the Olympics which involves travel and being on and off during the day from the start of the events to the evening roundup every day for 2 weeks. Plus all the other stuff she does. Shearer and Gary Lineker and the like are in for one day a week in London/Salford.

I know that's not how it's worked out, but bloody infuriating when she is so busy and so informative across a lot of sports, not just football.

histinyhandsarefrozen · 19/07/2017 17:18

It is staggering. I actually thought things would be better than this at an institution like the BBC.

QueenLaBeefah · 19/07/2017 17:14

The largest viewing figures last year were for Great British Bake off not MOTD.

BigDeskBob · 19/07/2017 17:13

Do male newsreader attract bigger audiences than women newsreaders? But the BBC don't have to worry about audience size and advertising revenue, part of their remit is to provide specialist interest programming that may not attract huge audiences.

Loopytiles · 19/07/2017 17:07

Football is bigger audiences?

AllTheWittyNamesAreGone · 19/07/2017 16:58

And Clare is such a great presenter, her pay packet is a bloody disgrace

AllTheWittyNamesAreGone · 19/07/2017 16:57

I was shocked with how wide the gap was. The bbc is a dinosaur organization but I naively believed the pay would be more even

WhichJob · 19/07/2017 16:55

I could not believe that Balding is paid so little. Fucking joke.

M0stlyBowlingHedgehog · 19/07/2017 16:54

Yup - it really establishes a pecking order loud and clear:
white woman = 1/4 of white man
BAME man = 1/8 of white man
BAME woman = 1/10 of white man.

(That's not meant as a derail - it just really struck me that race was as salient a feature as sex on this one - but with white men firmly at the top of the heap as per usual).

Totally agree re. Clare Balding - much more talented and versatile presenter than Alan Shearer (NB I love football, and like Shearer, but Balding still knocks him out of the park as a presenter).

Absolute fucking disgrace.

BigDeskBob · 19/07/2017 16:50

I knew it would be bad, but the some of the figures make no sense. Why is Alan shearer paid so much more than clare balding? Dan walker more than naga munchetty?

I've also heard that some women presenters were awarded big increases knowing these figures had to be published

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