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Sky news perverting headlines and causing racists to troll the net.

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dawndonnaagain · 26/08/2014 15:19

Malorie Blackman Guardian Link

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ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 16:11

I saw that piece about half a dozen times yesterday (sky news was left on for some reason)

It was standard Sky journalism of their normal quality. What irritated me most at the time was they illustrated the piece with footage of childrens books that seemed rather heavy on Disney spin-offs. I concluded that was what Sky journos' DC read and was irriatated enough to come down my ladder and change channels.

I might be missing the point, but wasn't it just shoddy journalism? Why speak to Sky if you have a serious message to convey?

AnyoneForTARDIS · 26/08/2014 17:56

Sky news are the daily fail of tv.

dawndonnaagain · 26/08/2014 20:43

She didn't speak to Sky, they took it from some talks she was giving at the Edinburgh book festival. I was there, so know she didn't actually say what they say she did. In fact she spent some time, on discovering that my (white, middle class) son is doing a lit degree, encouraging him to write about his AS and Tourettes, encouraging his neurologically diverse voice.

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ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 20:52

She did speak to their reporter as well. I saw snippets of the interview (again, wasn't properly listening). Although by the sounds of it, it was a bit of junket and she was giving interviews to all new organisations.

Sky had other interviewees including another childrens author (I believe) who was asian, filmed in a ibrary, who was saying something odd addressing an apparent fear that non-white faces on book covers would deter white readers.

That caught my ear three times but I couldn't work out where the idea had come from. I thought SHE was asserting it existed. It was all very strange. I wish I'd taped it now. I was taking down and hanging curtains at the time and really not listening fully Hmm

dawndonnaagain · 26/08/2014 22:12

As you say, bit of a junket. Definitely misrepresented though.

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ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 22:41

I wonder if there was an element of confusion journalistically about what the story actually was?

Childrens laureate speaks, suggests something completely non-contraversial, Sky flounder around looking for an angle?

ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 22:42

controversial i mean

ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 22:44

I'm not sure how I got into the position of defending Sky here Confused Grin

It was conspicuously awful reporting, but then it was Sky (I had to hold a mini-inquiry about who put the channel on Wink )

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