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TV adverts over-represent black people and ignore over-70s, study finds
Advertisers are over-representing black people in TV commercials while pensioners and the disabled are being forgotten, research has found.
Channel 4's Mirror on the Industry study discovered that despite diversity in adverts improving, some minorities are rarely featured.
The analysis was carried out by the agency Tapestry which audited the top 500 adverts shown across all stations over two four-week periods.
It found that more than half of the commercials featured black people. According to the 2021 census, four per cent of the population of England and Wales is black.
However, the representation of disabled, elderly and pregnant people was lagging behind that for people of colour.
Disabled people were included in just four per cent of the TV adverts studied, despite them making up almost 18 per cent of the population.
Moreover pensioners aged 70 and above featured in only two per cent of the top 500 commercials. Pregnant women were in just 0.1 per cent.
Jack Thorne, the creator of hit Netflix series Adolescence, has called for a 'self-examination' from advertising bosses following the study.
Greta Thunberg is detained by Israeli military AGAIN after navy closed in on flotilla as it neared Gaza - as IDF warned they would be treated like terrorists
Greta Thunberg has been hauled off her 'Freedom Flotilla' by Israeli naval forces as it neared the besieged Gaza Strip.
As the Global Sumud Flotilla approached Palestinian territory with humanitarian aid on Wednesday evening, at least 19 vessels were intercepted and boarded by the Israeli navy, according to those onboard.
The Sirius, Alma and Adara boats were intercepted some 70 nautical miles (80 miles) from the coast of Gaza, according to organisers who shared live positions of the flotilla.
At the time, Israel was accused of using drones to spray an irritant substance on Thunberg's flotilla before boarding and detaining her and other activists.
At around 9.30pm last night the flotilla said its vessels were being boarded by the Israeli navy as it approached Palestinian territory, with their cameras taken offline.
The fleet with Thunberg and several activists and European lawmakers aboard, consists of nearly 50 boats.
'High alert. Our vessels are being illegally intercepted,' organisers of the flotilla said.
'Cameras are offline and vessels have been boarded by military personnel.
'We are actively working to confirm the safety and status of all participants on board.'
The flotilla had earlier vowed to press on with its bid to deliver aid to the devastated coastal territory despite what it called 'intimidation' tactics by the Israeli military.
It said on X that it remained 'vigilant as we enter the
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15153405/Greta-Thunberg-detained-Israeli-military-flotilla-Gaza.html area where the previous flotillas were intercepted and/or attacked'.