A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort
Quote of the week
“They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists… And some, I assume, are good people.??? U.S. presidential candidate and multi-billionaire Donald Trump, discussing his feelings towards Mexican migrants, in one of the most worrying and shocking public displays of racial prejudice we’ve heard in quite some time. Quote of the week, for ALL the wrong reasons.
Weekly High
Nobel laureate Tim Hunt was forced to resign from his honorary professorship this week following comments he made at a South Korean conference about the need for single-sex science labs to avoid one of three things happening- boys falling in love with girls, girls falling in love with boys, or girls going off crying when they are criticised. Cue a huge Twitter backlash via the hashtag #distractinglysexy. Here are some of the best:
Women only lab! the boys have gone off crying #TimHunt #distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/KL8H3uoKqr
— Louise Renouf (@LouLouMinx) June 11, 2015
Loving the #distractinglysexy tweets this morn. Huge problem. Even affected the cows I did my degree research on. pic.twitter.com/FjceTWByCp
— Lizzie Ellis (@charlania) June 11, 2015
Rare moment where I wasn’t crying or falling in love in labs. Damn my feeble female mind! #distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/41iJ7RHxNU
— Rachael (@TheConstantRach) June 11, 2015
Weekly Low
As we blogged yesterday, this week PR firm Sunshine Sachs was exposed for ‘cleaning up’ Naomi Campbell’s Wikipedia page by removing negative references to her past in the hope of polishing the celebrity’s image. It didn’t work, amazingly. Take a look at our thoughts on the matter here.
Stories To Keep An Eye On
The Cannes Lions Festival, one of the world’s largest creative industry events, is currently taking place. Keep up with goings on here.
Channel 4 is planning on increasing the number of short-form shows backed by brands that it hosts.
