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Old 01-04-2019, 01:22 PM #1
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Default Jon Snow draws complaints for 'WHITE PEOPLE' remark at Brexit rally


More than 2,000 people have complained after Channel 4 presenter Jon Snow said of a pro-Brexit rally that he had "never seen so many white people".

Media watchdog Ofcom said it had received 2,025 complaints and was deciding whether to investigate.

The Channel 4 News anchor made the comment when he was signing off from Friday evening's live bulletin.

A spokeswoman said it was "an unscripted observation", and said Channel 4 News regretted any offence.

Snow was speaking as pictures showed protesters in Westminster after MPs had rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's EU withdrawal agreement on the day the UK was due to leave the EU.

Snow told viewers: "It's been the most extraordinary day. A day which has seen... I have never seen so many white people in one place, it's an extraordinary story.



"There are people everywhere, there are crowds everywhere."

An Ofcom spokeswoman said: "We are assessing these complaints against our broadcasting rules, but are yet to decide whether or not to investigate."

The remarks drew criticism from some viewers who described the comments about "white people" as unnecessary.

In a statement, the Channel 4 News a spokeswoman said: "This was an unscripted observation at the very end of a long week of fast-moving Brexit developments.

"Jon has covered major events such as this over a long career and this was a spontaneous comment reflecting his observation that, in a London demonstration of that size, ethnic minorities seemed to be significantly under-represented.

"We regret any offence caused by his comment."

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No surprise that he's never seen that many White people, Living in his London bubble. He wants to get out a bit more. the ignorant tw@
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yeah well but you can expect to get complaints if you say racist stupid crap like that


and also this guy seriously is called Jon Snow, like the GoT character
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Yes it was on the Ch4 YouTube broadcast.

Sadly Jon was not given any Live guests?
On the ITV/ITN/Ch4news Scaffolding section
So it was his own observation.


That BBC link has it Wrong
It was the 2PM YOU TUBE broadcast --- NOT TV news


"The Channel 4 News anchor made the comment when he was signing off from Friday evening's live bulletin."


Stupid BBC link getting the Ch4News YOU TUBE Live Feed 2PM mixed up with the 7PM TV news
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yeah well but you can expect to get complaints if you say racist stupid crap like that


and also this guy seriously is called Jon Snow, like the GoT character
what is racist specifically?
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what is racist specifically?
the ''never seen so many white people'' bit
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Surely he must have seen more White people at the remain march the week before? There were 2 million people there apparently, and judging from the pictures, they were mostly White.
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This has got to be some sort of ****ty April Fool’s joke, surely?

People complain that the world has gone PC mad because they can’t be bigoted without being challenged, however they throw a tantrum when a white person refers to white people as “white people”. Bloody hell
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This has got to be some sort of ****ty April Fool’s joke, surely?

People complain that the world has gone PC mad because they can’t be bigoted without being challenged, however they throw a tantrum when a white person refers to white people as “white people”. Bloody hell

No it was Complaints made on Saturday.

But that BBC link has it wrong
it was NOT the 7PM TV News
It was the Special Live You Tube Feed
that started around 2PM
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No it was made Yesterday.

But that BBC link has it wrong
it was NOT the 7PM TV News
It was the Special Live You Tube Feed
that started around 2PM
No, it was made on Friday at the Leave march.
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No, it was made on Friday at the Leave march.
Yes it was
But not on the 7PM TV news on Friday
Stupid bbc link gets it wrong


It was the Live YouTube Feed at 2PM Friday
I posted the link on the EU thread
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the ''never seen so many white people'' bit
yes that is right as there were lots of white people and london is not like that anymore
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This has got to be some sort of ****ty April Fool’s joke, surely?

People complain that the world has gone PC mad because they can’t be bigoted without being challenged, however they throw a tantrum when a white person refers to white people as “white people”. Bloody hell
They're the same people that brand others snowflakes too, you can't make it up.

Just goes to show how hypocritical the right often are, everything is PC gone mad.... Until it benefits them.
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I've never seen so many Black people

Said nobody ever
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I've never seen so many Black people

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Protest in Britain

I've never seen so many White people

Said Channel 4 news
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yes that is right as there were lots of white people and london is not like that anymore
It aint just Londoners who protest. Why you expect the crowds to be a perfect representation of London demographics is odd.
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Sorry but this just sounded so forced and corny coming from a rich white man's mouth.
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It aint just Londoners who protest. Why you expect the crowds to be a perfect representation of London demographics is odd.
I dont, that was the ironically named Mr Snow
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What would have been the reaction if he had said he didn't see any black people in the crowd
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It aint just Londoners who protest. Why you expect the crowds to be a perfect representation of London demographics is odd.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland...itics-44005360

a fine example is this from last year in May, protest march in scotland, for their independence
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What would have been the reaction if he had said he didn't see any black people in the crowd
He couldn't have said that, because he knew there was many ethnicities in there, he was just race baiting to his audience.
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Protest in Britain

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Said Channel 4 news

Yes but less viewers
as it was Not on the TV 7PM news

It was on the You Tube Ch4News Live feed
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who else would be objecting if not those who push the false agenda of white race being oppressed and discriminated against? The right wing.
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Surely he must have seen more White people at the remain march the week before? There were 2 million people there apparently, and judging from the pictures, they were mostly White.
That is true.From the pics i saw it was nearly all middle class white people.

Where was Jon Snow then??
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