Broadcaster blames television snobbery for shift to social media and says it is partly responsible for UK riots
Working class people are shunning TV and turning to social media, a move which is decimating the traditional television industry, according to Carol Vorderman who gave this year’s alternative MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival.
The former Countdown presenter delivered a scathing assessment of the contemporary TV landscape, arguing that working class people no longer felt represented by what was on offer and were looking elsewhere.
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