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Catherine21
Catherine21 Posts: 2,779 Championing
in Mental health and wellbeing

Been reading there's been outrage regarding dispatches programme! Complaints to ofcom

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 4,654 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    There definitely were quite a few complaints to Ofcom about it. I watched it the day it came out and kept an eye on the reactions to it on social media. I did see quite a few people chatting about making complaints, so I'd imagine that's now getting out to the newspapers.

    I have found it interesting that some of these newspapers are just as bad when it comes to writing articles about people using the benefits system. Feels a little hypocritical of them to be pointing out how terrible Channel 4 has been when they've often had similar headlines in the past!

  • Ironside1990
    Ironside1990 Online Community Member Posts: 217 Empowering

    The publications/sites owned by Reach PLC, have been terrible for writing scaremongering articles about disability benefits.

    I haven't seen that dispatches programme, but i fear it'll give disablists on social media more ammo to attack disability benefit claimants.

    I'I'll watch it tonight and see for myself.

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,246 Championing

    Just watched it and feel that it is extremely anti-disabled

    To start with Blatant lies about income from benefits

    It reckons that a single person can be on £24k as a disabled "package"……

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 2,779 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/954120#Comment_954120

    No I didn't watch either

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 2,779 Championing

    Why aren't people wise to these programs media articles we all should unite instead government done amazing work over decades of dividing people playing once against the other whilst they sit back and watch I wish people would wakeup

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 878 Trailblazing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/954184#Comment_954184

    i should imagine if there rent is paid by uc plus uc for themselves plus the lcwra plus full pip i would think its getting close for some

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,246 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/954248#Comment_954248

    For a very few, possibly - but this program made out that this was normal / par for the course - that's designed to give the wrong impression of disabled people (most of whom a struggling to make ends meet and to put food on the table)

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