{"id":24737,"date":"2018-11-02T16:42:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T16:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=24737"},"modified":"2018-11-02T16:42:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T16:42:04","slug":"trashies-2018-a-round-up-of-the-years-most-offensive-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/trashies-2018-a-round-up-of-the-years-most-offensive-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Trashies 2018: A round up of the year’s most bigoted journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kath Viner and Rod Liddle… joint winners of #TheTrashies<\/a> this year! (For their articles ‘The Guardian view on the Gender Recognition Act: where rights collide’ and ‘Is it possible to draw Serena Williams without being racist?’) pic.twitter.com\/bY659xIEx2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Trashies (@TheTrashiesUK) November 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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No doubt, the panel of the Trashies\u00a0 2018 were spoilt for choice when selecting the year’s most ignorant and bigoted examples of Great British journalism but alas, a decision had to be made. Kath Viner’s ‘The Guardian View on the Gender Recognition Act’<\/em><\/a>\u00a0took home a trophy alongside\u00a0 Rod Liddle’s, ironically titled,\u00a0‘Is it possible to draw Serena Williams without being<\/em> racist?<\/em>‘<\/a>. Viner’s article was critiqued for legitimising transphobia within the feminist discourse and she has since removed her byline from the piece; Liddle’s Spectator piece is yet another example of the blatant misogynoir<\/em><\/a> that exists within mainstream media and Serena Williams deserves a break!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Get to know the Trashies, read the article below!<\/p>\n

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Once a year comes an award ceremony that is actually beneficial to society. One that cares not for red carpets, floor length dresses and even longer waffled speeches but is working to improve the world we live in – one trash piece of journalism at a time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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#TheTrashies<\/a> hopes to facilitate discussions on how minorities are portrayed in the press, and how newspapers from Left to Right can do better!
\nNominate articles to critique racist, Islamophobic & xenophobic reporting and columnism in the mainstream media pic.twitter.com\/vRDrpK8WIr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Trashies (@TheTrashiesUK) 18 October 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Trashies is the journalistic equivalent of the Hollywood Razzies, a mock award honouring the worst in cinema. Unlike the Razzies, however, those awarded a Trashy are not to be pitied or dismissed, instead we should consider them and their work extremely dangerous. Set up by online News platform Media Diversified, the aim of the Trashies is to critique all the racist, islamophobic, transphobic and xenophobic news coverage that circulates in the UK mainstream media.<\/p>\n

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The awards have been running since 2015 and consistent nominees include Katie Hopkins, Boris Johnson and even entire news organisations like the Daily Mail. In the words of the award\u2019s founders: \u201cThe Trashies are back to counter the boiled chicken takes, in news rooms so white and mail they should come with a health warning for minorities and women\u201d.<\/p>\n

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I for one, have never been more ready! This year has seen countless racially insensitive and overtly bigoted views plastered all over our front pages. This kind of journalism disenfranchises whole sections of our society from the media and by calling it out with something like the Trashies, we begin to put pressure on those who control the national dialogue.<\/p>\n

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Nominations for this year’s awards are now closed but you can take a look at some of the Trashy worthy journalism below:<\/p>\n

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Hi @TheTrashiesUK<\/a>,
\nI’d like to nominate two articles for #TheTrashies<\/a> please :-<\/p>\n

Andrew Norfolk & @thesundaytimes<\/a> for their dreadful “Christian Child in Muslim Foster Care” web of #Islamophobic<\/a> lies.<\/p>\n

And @MelanieLatest<\/a> denying that #Islamophobia<\/a> existshttps:\/\/t.co\/08wZSrG5Hc<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/iTlWDIhwBH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 maajid bakwaas (@MaajidBakwaas) October 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2014 Samar @TheMJAP (@TheMJAP) October 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Our nomination for #TheTrashies<\/a> 2018 with 15 minutes to go… https:\/\/t.co\/01M4dbJiXF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Media Diversified (@WritersofColour) October 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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My nomination for #TheTrashies<\/a> is this: https:\/\/t.co\/6NIBmEJKhj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cassie Graves MBPsS (@MsCGraves) October 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@writersofcolour<\/a>#thetrashies<\/a> nominations – the BBC for broadcasting Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech deserve a special award https:\/\/t.co\/kMwFTvBeQA<\/a> & Sarah Vine for getting her dog whistle out to share her ‘niggling’ worries https:\/\/t.co\/wRnPiSuIt3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bea H (@bhiggi) October 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For more on the Trashies, visit\u00a0https:\/\/mediadiversified.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Words: Memuna Konteh | Subbing: Maria Campuzano<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo credit: Jon Person via Flickr<\/em><\/p>\n

Hearst BAME network “not a box-ticking exercise”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n