Stormzy Weekend has taken another dramatic twist: ITV has 'clarified' an earlier 'viral' tweet:
We reported on an interview with Stormzy who, when asked if the UK was a racist country, said: "Definitely, 100%. It's like: 'Oh no, we're not racist'. But there's a lot of racism in the country."— ITV News (@itvnews) December 22, 2019
We have now made this clear in our story and deleted the original tweet.
So it seems he didn't say that the UK is "definitely" a "100% racist" country after all.
For God's sake, the state of broadcast journalism in this country! Just because some ITV journalist bungled a tweet and ITV then took an age to correct it, all Hell has descended on Stormzy this weekend for saying something he didn't actually quite say (though almost said).
(Update: ...though what he appears to have actually said is divisive and inflammatory and open to question too. It's just somewhat less extreme).
Close attention to accurate reporting, including of what people actually say, needs very urgently reviving as a basic journalistic skill.
(Update: ...though what he appears to have actually said is divisive and inflammatory and open to question too. It's just somewhat less extreme).
Close attention to accurate reporting, including of what people actually say, needs very urgently reviving as a basic journalistic skill.
