Phones, letters, e-mails
| 13:28 UK time, Thursday, 15 June 2006
Among the audience response to the 91Èȱ¬ in the past 24 hours, several callers objected to Mark Oaten's appearance on Question Time, saying it was inappropriate. Others thought that government minister Hazel Blears had been given a tough time on Newsnight, while one thought fellow minister Yvette Cooper had been given too easy a ride "because she is an attractive lady".
One viewer e-mailed to say:
The news/sport presenters seem to have learned a new word. Actually its a very common word, but recently its been used to give special emphasis to just about anything. The word is "that". For example, with regards to Wayne Rooney's foot, we hear "that foot". Today is "that match", referring to a World Cup match. There are so many examples (I can't list them all here), and it's not only related to sport/football.
Comments
several callers objected to Mark Oaten's appearance on Question Time, saying it was inappropriate.
Good thing they hadn't noticed he'd been on Question Time, University Challenge and The Daily Politics all in three days.
"...while one thought fellow minister Yvette Cooper had been given too easy a ride "because she is an attractive lady"."
Just because she is considered attractive, it doesn't necessarily mean that she is being given an easier time just because she is a woman.
People shouldn't be stereotyped to the fact that if you are attractive, you should be treated differently.