Threats of death and violence after Channel 4 programme Benefits Street
Speechless.
(not satire!)
Channel 4 executives should be proud of themselves.
Their attempt to stereotype and demonise all of Britain’s 2.49 million unemployed by focussing on just 6 carefully chosen people and showing them in the worst possible light in their programme Benefits Street last night was so successful that Twitter exploded with threats of violence and even death against the participants:
The producers of the programme meanwhile defended it is a ‘sympathetic, humane and objective portrayal’ of those struggling to cope with austerity.
Not much sympathy, humanity or objectivity on display on Twitter however.
Isn’t there a law against this kind of incitement to violence in the UK?
If so, if any police officer would like to take this further, I’ve kept the names and IDs of the people responsible for the above (and more below) threatening tweets and I would be more than happy to help you with your…
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Same Difference 
I hope Channel 4 have learnt from what has followed on from this programme not to do undertake such shallow, probably through a desire to follow leads set in the tabloid press, and obviously bias news reporting. Hopefully, no physical injuries will stem from this negligent documentary, but if it did would corporate manslaughter be possible against its management?
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