http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-tell-BBC.html

"Incredibly, one father said he wanted to ban his daughter from watching the channel because he feared it would give her nightmares."

"This new presenter is ******* - face facts - but because she has a disability then she was given a job. [It is] positive discrimination in my books."


Yesterday, Miss Burnell - who has a daughter,
hit back at her critics,
branding them 'small minded' and their remarks 'terrible'.


Could she cover her Arm
would that hurt her?

Knowing how the Cocky BBC works
they are loving this debate
it is all Promotion for their childrens TV.


This is going to be debated on Ch5 Wright stuff
on now.



Sign Of The Times.

What should we do? Get Labour out!

just messing...and small minded indeed the tw@ts

Some even accused the BBC of hiring Miss Burnell, 29, because of 'political correctness' and solely to meet employment quotas.


Yes some can not handle one armed people.

It's good to have people with disabilities on TV. If kids ask the questions at an earlier age it is easier to explain to then about disabilities.

Yes many have that view.


on Ch5 Richard Bacon (who is also on twitter)
sitting in for the Wright Stuff
Debate this BBC mess, now.

(the Wright Stuff is repeated at 11AM on Channel Fiver
and 12 mid day on Fiver+1)

It is a Cbbc channel for 5 and under,
some 2 year olds can not handle it
they just said on TV.

my daughter hasnt noticed (and if she has hasnt said anything) and speaking to a lot of friends even if their kids have noticed none are scared its more a shallow minded group of parents which is worrying if they are teaching their kids in that way i've always taught my daughter that we are not all the same and certainly not to be nasty cos of someone having a disability (my own dad is disabled after his car accident) if questions arose then you just answer them its good they are showing a wide range of people on tv so what next take off the program something special in case the kids are also scared of the children with disabilities
her disability shouldnt be a problem but her presenting skills are a completely different matter

^ Extremely well said pinkmichk, I totally agree with you.

But the Dad of a 2 year old said it gave her Nightmares
that is not good.

no he said he feared it might give her nightmares not it actually did which as i said is down to the parenting and the parent being very shallow minded not the child children adapt and accept things very very easily

Many that phoned in on the Wright Stuff this morning
said their kids are to young to see that.
That is the problem.

They also said no one said why she has one arm?

This is typical of the Bloated BBC attitude.

He said he FEARS it might, not that it has.

Also; if it has. The problem lies in his parenting skills.

The reason it would give her nightmares was if it was different, and so he obviously hasn't taught his daughter, or opened up the opportunity to her that some people are different. He should be thanking CBeebies for doing a job he should've done a long time ago.

lol @ "Bloated " how does that make sense.....?
Sorry to gang up here hehe but.....
Arista would you like a return to the days when families kept their handicapped children locked in the cellar lest the sight of them might shock the neighbourhoods?......dude think it through

No
we do not have to return to those Aussie type days.

Bloated BBC - yes that is what the BBC have become in the UK
who Take a Tax from the UK public.
We need a refund
they are no good anymore.

She is only 2 years old
we need to here from the mother as well.

aww that's cute!...
"Aussie type days"
are you trying to ruffle my feathers? hehe
Well why not write to the bbc and demand that they take off any people with disabilities that might make you vomit your chips and fish fingers all over your mum's best TV tray.

Why does that matter? She's 2, and she's been faced with someone different - and her father is shielding her from it? How will she ever learn?

Edit: And quit it with your 'Aussie type days'.

lol wtf? too young to see a one armed woman!? Who are these backward numpties?

OK Aussie Old Type Dark Days.

Is that better Chief.

You're a bigot.

I have been called Worse.

I like you Lauren.

OK then answer me this; why did you bring Australia into this discussion at all? It was a good debate until then, then it resorted to getting cheap shots in.

Anyway...

Do you think children should be shielded from "difference"? If so, then when is the 'right time' to introduce it to them? By shielding them from it, they're only going to be more scared when they face it.

I think some 2 year olds
may not need that just yet.

She does not have to have it Exposed like that, as well.

Need that? Its a one armed woman not Jack the ripper ffs...the sooner people get used to people who are a bit different the better...its the parents that teach them its a thing to be feared!

Why don't they "need it" just yet? It's not a stressing situation for a child to learn about something. They've no experience of disability and so it has nothing negative connoted to it - therefore they're not the ones scared - it's the parents with their bigoted and prejudice views that have the issue.

Children are very frank, they do not just sit and be emotionally scarred. If anything, the worst they'll do is ask "Why has she only got half an arm?" and then they can learn.

If they're only 2 year old, then half an arm shouldn't be an issue anyway. They won't notice it as an outstanding difference, if a difference at all. The only reason they'd be scared of it is if the parent has brought their attention to it in a negative manner.

Why should she hide her disability? It's part of her. She shouldn't be made to feel like it's something that NEEDS to be hidden.

to Hide it
would not hurt her.


Yes it becomes a Negative manner
that parents are stuck with.