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Whataday
Founding member
Having just seen the ITV News logo - it's not even a rainbow flag. It's the gradient they use for ITV Pride, their in house support network for LGBT+ colleagues. (I do hope ITV News are allowed to have openly LGBT+ employees and this doesn't affect the organisation's impartiality.)
SP
Certain recently elected MEPs think they are, and in the current climate where other views that I thought had been confined to the 1970s are being openly expressed, it is a subject that a news organisation is going to be reporting on.
I merely ask whether ITV News can do so effectively if, as an organisation, it has expressed an opinion on the matter.
The answer is absolutely yes, and to question its use on the grounds of impartiality suggests LGBT+ rights are up for debate, which they shouldn't be.
Certain recently elected MEPs think they are, and in the current climate where other views that I thought had been confined to the 1970s are being openly expressed, it is a subject that a news organisation is going to be reporting on.
I merely ask whether ITV News can do so effectively if, as an organisation, it has expressed an opinion on the matter.
JO
It would make more sense for UTV to do it when Belfast Pride takes place.
Note they haven't done the same with UTV, which broadcasts in the one part of the UK where there isn't equal rights for LGBT+ people, something which is not just shocking but shockingly under-reported.
It would make more sense for UTV to do it when Belfast Pride takes place.
WH
It would make more sense for UTV to do it when Belfast Pride takes place.
Yes, they had a presence at Belfast Pride last year with the ITV Pride branding:
Whataday
Founding member
Note they haven't done the same with UTV, which broadcasts in the one part of the UK where there isn't equal rights for LGBT+ people, something which is not just shocking but shockingly under-reported.
It would make more sense for UTV to do it when Belfast Pride takes place.
Yes, they had a presence at Belfast Pride last year with the ITV Pride branding:
@UTVNews Utv presenters enjoying todays sunny weather and Pride festival in Belfast. pic.twitter.com/uAB4KAF3WK
— Damien (@Solitudekop) August 4, 2018
WH
Certain recently elected MEPs think they are, and in the current climate where other views that I thought had been confined to the 1970s are being openly expressed, it is a subject that a news organisation is going to be reporting on.
I merely ask whether ITV News can do so effectively if, as an organisation, it has expressed an opinion on the matter.
ITV News has quite rightly decided that LGBT rights are human rights, so it isn't a question of impartiality. And good for them.
Whataday
Founding member
The answer is absolutely yes, and to question its use on the grounds of impartiality suggests LGBT+ rights are up for debate, which they shouldn't be.
Certain recently elected MEPs think they are, and in the current climate where other views that I thought had been confined to the 1970s are being openly expressed, it is a subject that a news organisation is going to be reporting on.
I merely ask whether ITV News can do so effectively if, as an organisation, it has expressed an opinion on the matter.
ITV News has quite rightly decided that LGBT rights are human rights, so it isn't a question of impartiality. And good for them.
MD
That's the one - I can't believe I forgot to nab a photo of it.
ITV had a bus carrying various staff and celebs:
That's the one - I can't believe I forgot to nab a photo of it.
BA
UK TV News Twitter feeds without rainbow branding today:
BBC News
Channel 4 News
Channel 5 News
Sky News
UK TV News Twitter feeds with rainbow branding today:
ITV News
BBC News
Channel 4 News
Channel 5 News
Sky News
UK TV News Twitter feeds with rainbow branding today:
ITV News