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TV broadcasters 'failing to represent society' says Ofcom report- BBC NEWS

This article discusses the lack of representation of people of colour/ ethnic backgrounds, females and disabled people in their staff. This meant that a lot of what is shown on the large T.V broadcasters have an under-representations. Ofcom's Sharon White says big industries ,such as BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and Channel 5 can be improved and that is is shocking and this under-representation will put concern on other industries. White said that the report "paints a worrying picture, with many broadcasters failing properly to monitor the make-up of their employees" and shows a "cultural disconnection between the people who make programmes, and the many millions who watch them". 

• 48% of women make up the whole workforce across the five big TV broadcasters, which compares 51% of the population and 39% of senior roles

• Lack of representation of POC, with only 12% of workers

• Even though Disabled people made up for 14% and 18% of the general public, only made up 3% 

• Workers of 50 are mostly 50% men than women

• In the BBC the top stars, predominately male, were earning more that £150,000

• The most paid  stars of BBC were Chris Evans who has a salary of £2.2m and £2.25m from 2016/2017, while the top female presenter Claudia Winkleman is earning from £450,000 and £500,000.

• By 2020 the BBC would want to reach up to  50% women, 8% disabled people, 8% lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people and 15% people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds.

I can understand that there is a lack or representations as it is a big debate in many media platforms. The recognition of POC in their respected fields is less than their white counterparts and the inclusivity of certain fashion brands or movie casting is a problem which have risen in many written articles. A certain big social topic would be the hasthtag #OscarsSoWhite which was trending and was in responses to the award show Oscars for the lack of recognising the works of actors, directors etc. of colour and was also used to bring to light a lot of works of actors of colour that people on social media wanted to be noticed by Hollywood.