http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/11/cadbury-dairy-milk-cleared-racism

• The advertising agency had cleared Cadbury's of racist advertising.
• The advert got complaints about how African people were people stereotyped.
• The ASA felt the stereotypes were not harmful, even though created on purpose.
• They also argued that most ads use stereotypes.
• Cadbury's "Trident chewing gum" years ago was banned due to the complaints about it being racist and stereotypical.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/12/bbc-radio-turban

• Sam Mason was recorded being racist on the phone to a taxi service.
• He didn't want anyone with a turban to pick his daughter up as he thought she would be "freaked out"...
• He argued that he was not racist because he works for the BBC!
• He was then later suspended 24 hours later =).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/oct/02/tvnews.raceandreligion

• More than half of ethnic people think they are being represented badly by the t.v
• 51% of them felt the coverage was poorly presented.
• The poll was carried out by YouGov, on 780 ethnic Britons.
• We need to take responsibility and initiate a significant sea change in the culture of our newsrooms that is reflected in the make-up of employees, how stories are sourced and ultimately in the way stories are told. A quote from Simon Sharps, ITV director of television.
• Channel 4 did the best job according to the survey, at covering ethnic minority stories.
• Trever McDonald was rated the most trusted reporter.
• The BBC was the most watched provider of news.
• Fewer than one-third - 31% - of ethnic minority viewers wanted a news programme aimed specifically at them.