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Misogyny and sexism of Russell Brand case have not gone away, TV insiders say
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Concerns remain that media industry is still failing to confront troubling behaviour • The downfall of Russell Brand: from Big Brother and Hollywood to convicted rapist Even within the culture of casual misogyny and sexism that pervaded the TV world in the mid-noughties, Naomi Ha
Concerns remain that media industry is still failing to confront troubling behaviour • The downfall of Russell Brand: from Big Brother and Hollywood to convicted rapist Even within the culture of casual misogyny and sexism that pervaded the TV world in the mid-noughties, Naomi Harvey and her colleagues concluded they needed to do something about Russell Brand. Harvey was one of a team of researchers tasked with finding fans of Big Brother, Channel 4’s reality TV juggernaut, to appear on the discussion show Big Brother’s Big Mouth, hosted by Brand. Continue reading...
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