Various British media outlets have given the public the impression that there are more black and gay people in their country than they actually are, according to a recent poll.
The over-diverse British media seems to have erred in the public’s view of reality, as a YouGov poll shows that normal people greatly underestimate how white and honest the UK is in ordinary life.
As previous reports concluded that the UK TV industry is predominantly dominated by homosexuals and people from so-called BAMEs – blacks, Asians and ethnic minorities – a new survey has shown that the general public places high value on transgender, Muslim and Jewish spread. In the UK, while underestimating the general spread of nationalities in Europe.
According to a YouGov poll published by diary letterIndividuals interviewed by the survey team reportedly believed that blacks made up around 20 percent of the British population, although people of African ethnicity made up only 3 percent of the UK population.
Survey respondents also greatly exaggerated the number of gay and transgender people in their community, stating that about 15% of the population is gay and about 5% is transgender, but only 1.8% and 0.3-0.7% of the population. He estimates that he created . . population, respectively.
This trend is the same for the United Kingdom’s Muslim population, which is considered to be 15 percent of the population, although close to five percent, Jews at 10 percent versus half in reality, and vegans and vegetarians. They are thought to make up one-fifth of Britain’s population, but in reality they only make up four percent of the country’s population.
“Media preoccupation with minorities distorts the facts,” Tory MP John Hayes said in response to the survey. ”
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Contrary to the above results, survey respondents seem to believe that only 65 percent of the country’s population is white, although ethnic groups in Europe make up about 87 percent of the country’s population and most are white. heterosexual.
A study published in 2020 found that BAME’s on-screen representation on television in the UK was just under 25 percent, although the combined group at the time represented around 14 percent of the country’s population with gays and lesbians, just under 25 percent. found that. representation. Both are overrepresented. screen representation.
In addition, overrepresentation of homosexuals was found in the behind-the-scenes footage of the five major British publishers covered by the study.
Source: Breitbart
