UK: Well-known TV presenter says British TV is biased against white males

Jeremy Paxman, a pretty outspoken British TV presenter, has spoken out and said that he thinks the TV industry in the UK is biased against middle aged white men. The BBC reports it here. Excerpt:

'Paxman, 58, said: "Do I think it's a man's world in television? That is the most ridiculous question I have been asked all week.

"The worst thing you can be in this industry is a middle class white male.

"If any middle class white male I come across says he wants to enter television, I say 'give up all hope' - they've no chance."'

The journalist then named five women TV executives including BBC One controller Jay Hunt, Channel 4 head of news Dorothy Byrne and Dawn Airey, who will soon become Channel Five's chief executive.

"Is this evidence of some male conspiracy keeping women down?" he said.

Of course, the BBC being what it is, it then devotes more words than that to a misandrist female writer who completely disagrees (unsurprisingly). I guess it's great that his point of view and comments are appearing on the BBC, not quite so great that they are shot down so strongly in the article, but any news is good news when it comes to our cause.