[Crimson Dynamo]

Weather presenter wanted, no qualifications necessary, must be disabled: BBC posts advert to find new forecaster and the only skill they’re looking for is a disability

• BBC is on the hunt for a disabled weather presenter to improve diversity
• Advert says applicants do not need to have a qualification in meteorology
• TV insiders blasted politically correct advert as a 'box-ticking exercise'
• Candidates will have a masterclass with presenters and session with stylist

An official advert posted on the corporation's vacancies website said the BBC does not currently have any disabled weather presenters and is 'actively seeking to improve on-screen diversity'.

It says: 'Do you want to share your passion for the weather by presenting weather bulletins? Do you have a disability?

'The BBC does not currently have any weather presenters who are disabled and we are actively seeking to improve on screen diversity.
'You don't need to be an expert or have a qualification in meteorology.'



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3bQ4gnuCA



Tokenism?

[Pete.]

W1A is real omg

[jackc1806]

How embarrassing and demeaning to disabled people. Do they apply to this farce or go through the proper route?

[kirklancaster]

How discriminatory and prejudicial to able-bodied people - especially those unemployed who have sweated, sacrificed, and studied for years to gain qualifications in meteorology.

Maybe a few will be so desperate for a Weather Presenter's career on TV that they will self-mutilate.

Will we hear claims then that; "This presenters job with the BEEB cost me an arm and a leg"?

You could not make it up.

[Crimson Dynamo]

BBC presenters are professional meteorologists who prepare and write their own forecasts using met office data. All other channels such as ITV and C4 just have "presenters" in the main.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by jackc1806

How embarrassing and demeaning to disabled people. Do they apply to this farce or go through the proper route?

[Kizzy]

This will be so the jobcentre can say to those suffering chronic and debilitating illnesses 'look them of the telly are disabled and they work'.