Tatchell on Brand / Ross

From The Guardian:

"The BBC has caved into the mass hysteria and hypocrisy of a baying, irrational mob. It has suspended radio presenters Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, prompting Brand to quit. For what?

This storm in a teacup was started by two members of the public who complained to the BBC when the programme was broadcast. What gave it legs was sensationalist media coverage by rightwing journalists who will use any excuse to attack the BBC and by the tabloid media which is obsessed with the trivia and froth of celebrity lives and misdemeanours. This coverage prompted a herd stampede of manufactured outrage by people who never listened to the original programme."

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