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SOCIAL realism pioneer Ken Loach has branded a new benefit-bashing BBC show “fascist TV.”
“Poverty porn” show Britain’s Hardest Grafter will see benefit claimants and those earning poverty wages compete in a series of workplace tasks.
By yesterday evening over 24,000 people had signed an online petition calling for the show to be axed and newly elected left-wing Labour MP Louise Haigh said the programme would pit the poor against each other for pure voyeurism.
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
