This year's prestigious James MacTaggart Memorial lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival has been delivered by Louis Theroux, covering the challenges facing broadcasters 'in the multi-platform universe'.
TV journalist Louis Theroux has interviewed everyone from porn stars to prisoners, known for deftly encouraging even the most combative or private interviewees to open up.
The documentary-maker reflected on his own career as well as the current state of the BBC, with whom he has made a large number of programmes. "But I wonder if there is something else going on as well. That the very laudable aims of not giving offence have created an atmosphere of anxiety that sometimes leads to less confident, less morally complex filmmaking.
"With so much madness around, it's tempting to ignore what's out there. To not amplify it. Hope it goes away. To not platform it. Avoid the risk... I think that's wrong." The debate surrounding the platforming of hate and misinformation"could be compared to debates around food and diet and the proper labelling of sugar and fat", he said.
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