• Disrupting Power Since 2015
  • Donate
  • Login
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
  • Login
  • Register
Canary
MEDIA THAT DISRUPTS
  • News
    • UK
    • Global
    • Analysis
    • Trending
  • Editorial
  • Features
    • Features
    • Environment
    • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Money
    • Science
    • Business
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Sport & Gaming
  • Media
    • Video
    • Cartoons
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
MANAGE SUBSCRIPTION
SUPPORT
  • News
    • UK
    • Global
    • Analysis
    • Trending
  • Editorial
  • Features
    • Features
    • Environment
    • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Money
    • Science
    • Business
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Sport & Gaming
  • Media
    • Video
    • Cartoons
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
Canary
No Result
View All Result

Listeners are calling out LBC over its portrayal of a Ken Loach interview [VIDEO]

Jessica Gay by Jessica Gay
16 August 2017
in UK
Reading Time: 3 mins read
162 10
A A
0
Home UK
320
SHARES
2.5k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

On 7 April, Ken Loach joined LBC presenter Shelagh Fogarty on her afternoon talk show. Among other topics, the pair discussed Ken Livingstone’s recent suspension from the Labour Party. LBC portrayed the interview as an “extraordinary clash” between Loach and Fogarty. The truth is, it was exactly the kind of calm and thoughtful discussion about antisemitism that we need to be having more often.

Ken Livingstone

On 4 April, Livingstone was suspended from the Labour Party over comments he made about Hitler supporting Zionism. Defending social media posts made by Labour MP Naz Shah, Livingstone said:

When Hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews.

Livingstone has since defended his claims, saying there was one point of “real collaboration” between the Nazis and Zionists before the second world war.

Some Labour members have slammed Livingstone’s comments as antisemitic, and say he should have been expelled from the party. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has also condemned his comments. But many Jewish members and supporters of the Labour Party have spoken in defence of Livingstone.

The LBC interview

The LBC interview focused on a Momentum event called Take Back Control. But during the interview, Fogarty also asked Loach about Ken Livingstone’s recent suspension. Loach argued for an examination of what Livingstone said, saying:

In the general discussion, there hasn’t been this precise examination of what was said and the different interpretations of that. So what I’m appalled by is this what smacks of a witch hunt. Because… Ken Livingstone did more for good for race relations during his time as London mayor than anyone else has ever done. And he has a terrific track record. So I wouldn’t rush to judge him to condemn him.

Fogarty went on to question Loach about his defence of Livingstone, saying: “I don’t knowingly engage in witch hunts”. Loach urged Fogarty to speak to people from all sides of the debate. Neither side raised their voices and both listened and responded to each others’ comments.

Yet LBC chose to present the exchange as “very, very heated”. After posting the interview on its website, it wrote: “This is the intense exchange between Shelagh Fogarty and film director Ken Loach about Ken Livingstone that got quite testy”. On Facebook: “An extraordinary clash as Ken Loach launches into a heated defence of Ken Livingstone’s controversial comments about Hitler.”

And on Twitter:

Very, very heated https://t.co/pR1mm4CrMl

— LBC (@LBC) April 7, 2017

Wrong interview?

Many people have taken to social media to respond to LBC’s description of the interview. On Facebook, users wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Twitter:

Thought Ken Loach came across as quite a fair minded and researched individual warning about dangers of getting caught up in witch hunts.

— Robbie Warner (@Rab53) April 8, 2017

@KenLoachSixteen – Brilliant as ever… articulate, extremely knowledgable, open minded, person of deep integrity, unlike 99% of UK RW Media

— WeThePeople (@gaurangmorjaria) April 9, 2017

And while some have criticised LBC’s portrayal the interview, some have also criticised Loach for his defence of Livingstone. Sky News reporter Richard Suchet also said:

Ken Loach sailing DANGEROUSLY close to the wind in his defence of Ken Livingstone on LBC. Says "interests" of Jews and Hitler "coincided".

— Richard Suchet (@RichSuchet) April 7, 2017

Livingstone’s remarks have certainly resulted in an uproar, one which has split opinion. But open debates like LBC’s are really important. As Loach suggests, we need to gain perspectives from all sides of the argument before rushing to condemn someone. And the fact that LBC – and so many others in the media – have tried to sensationalise those debates is unhelpful in the extreme.

Get Involved!

– Read more from The Canary on Ken Loach

Featured image from video

Share128Tweet80
Previous Post

Labour’s new plan would give 5.6 million working people a pay rise, and save the taxpayer £40bn a year

Next Post

The NHS is being forced to borrow ‘toxic’ cash from Tory donor hedge funds to prevent ‘serious injury’ to patients

Next Post
NHS Toxic Loans hedge funds

The NHS is being forced to borrow 'toxic' cash from Tory donor hedge funds to prevent 'serious injury' to patients

US cruise missiles launched (Library pictures)

While the US and Britain ramp up the war rhetoric, the White House is undergoing a coup [OPINION]

Watch the ex UK ambassador to Syria force the BBC to face the truth about Trump’s airstrikes

Watch the ex UK ambassador to Syria force the BBC to face the truth about Trump’s airstrikes

Cocaine drug addiction

Scientist says treating drug addiction as a brain disease is harmful and unscientific

Lake County Florida Sheriff's Office

This is what a 'Community Engagement Team' looks like in Donald Trump's America [VIDEO]

Jeremy Corbyn
Analysis

Jeremy Corbyn suggests a new party will be in place before 2026 elections

by Ed Sykes
21 May 2025
Donald Trump tax and debt
Analysis

Trump’s tax breaks for his rich mates could add $3 trillion to US national debt

by Steve Topple
21 May 2025
Co-op Israeli products
Trending

Pressure rises on Co-op board to follow through on boycott of Israeli products

by Ed Sykes
21 May 2025
Liz Kendall dodging a question about DWP cuts
Trending

Watch as Liz Kendall scurries away from a disabled person calling out DWP cuts

by Steve Topple
21 May 2025
Liz Kendall talking about DWP PIP cuts
Analysis

Liz Kendall just lied again about how many people will be hit by DWP PIP cuts

by Steve Topple
21 May 2025
  • Contact
  • About & FAQ
  • Get our Daily News Email
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy

The Canary
PO Box 71199
LONDON
SE20 9EX

Canary Media Ltd – registered in England. Company registration number 09788095.

For guest posting, contact [email protected]

For other enquiries, contact: [email protected]

The Canary is owned and run by independent journalists and volunteers, NOT offshore billionaires.

You can write for us, or support us by making a regular or one-off donation.

© Canary Media Ltd 2024, all rights reserved | Website by Monster | Hosted by Krystal | Privacy Settings

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • UK
    • Global
    • Analysis
    • Trending
  • Editorial
  • Features
    • Features
    • Environment
    • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Money
    • Science
    • Business
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Sport & Gaming
  • Media
    • Video
    • Cartoons
  • Opinion

© 2023 Canary - Worker's co-op.

Before you go, have you seen...?

Jeremy Corbyn
Analysis
Ed Sykes

Jeremy Corbyn suggests a new party will be in place before 2026 elections

Donald Trump tax and debt
Analysis
Steve Topple

Trump’s tax breaks for his rich mates could add $3 trillion to US national debt

Co-op Israeli products
Trending
Ed Sykes

Pressure rises on Co-op board to follow through on boycott of Israeli products

Liz Kendall dodging a question about DWP cuts
Trending
Steve Topple

Watch as Liz Kendall scurries away from a disabled person calling out DWP cuts

ADVERTISEMENT
Analysis
Nathan Spears

Vote for the Press Photograph of the Year 2024

Image by Burkard Meyendriesch from Pixabay
Feature
Nathan Spears

Why Santiago Ways is the Leading Choice for Walking the Camino de Santiago

Environment
Nathan Spears

EU elections point to growing public desire for new policymaking approach in Brussels