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Hard question February 15, 2016 · 24:08 · 14 min

Should a creationist be barred from anchoring BBC news?

  • Should a creationist be barred from anchoring the BBC's breakfast news show?

A host reads at length from a Telegraph article by Rupert Myers criticizing the BBC's choice of creationist Dan Walker to anchor its breakfast news show, comparing creationism to flat-earth belief and Holocaust denial as grounds for distrust. The hosts push back: an anchor mainly reads copy, beliefs about the non-repeatable creation event are less disprovable than the resurrection, and disqualifying people for unpopular beliefs would also bar most religious minorities. They run the article's poll (51% would trust him, 49% would not), mock the author's follow-up piece, and close with a barrister-versus-barista joke.

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