Broadcaster Andrew Castle is becoming disillusioned with the current media climate. “I work on LBC and I do the news every week and it’s hard to read the news,” he told us. “I don’t enjoy scandal. I don’t like it. I’ve had enough.” Unfortunately, the controversies show little sign of relenting. Castle weighed in on the latest media storm caused by commentators Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox for their lewd on-air discussion of journalist Ava Evans: “I have no sympathy at all for them,” he said. “Ava is a strong journo and I hope she’s OK.”
Fox and Wootton were suspended from GB News for their comments that were broadcast live this week. Fox said of Evans: “Show me a single self-respecting man who would like to climb into bed with that woman”. With the country still reeling from the Russell Brand scandal, Castle added: “We have some very major issues to deal with.” If the headlines get too much, Castle prescribes “getting out and turning your brain off.” Perhaps easier said than done.
