There was no black or ethnic minority talent in the top 20 of the broadcasters rich list. This keeps race issues off the radar
• Joseph Harker is a Guardian columnistDid anyone wonder why Clive Myrie was reading the BBC’s News at Ten on Wednesday night? Of course he’s a dab hand at it. But was it also because this black male presenter was the only top anchor available who wasn’t on the corporations rich list,which led the news that day? So there was Myrie telling us all what his colleagues Huw Edwards, Fiona Bruce and Sophie Raworth were earning.
The revelations approximately the pay of the BBC’s top stars acquire received wall-to-wall coverage over the past 24 hours. Virtually every front page ran with it: “BBC’s gender pay gap revealed, and ” splashed the Telegraph; “Two-thirds of top-earning stars are men,” said the Times; “Bloated Blokes Club” was the Mirror’s headline; the Guardian led with “Backlash at the BBC as male stars dominate top-pay list”. These were followed by a succession of articles on why woman are losing out to men. Related: Its not just the BBC: pay disparity is a blight on the whole UK | Polly Toynbee Related: The BBC’s gender pay gap should galvanise all working women | Anne McElvoy Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com