Guardian - 21 January 2018, 19:25 (+ 2307 days 15 hours and 10 minutes) In Depth/Analysis
Cathy Newman’s debate on Channel 4 with the cultural critic exemplifies free speech and citizen engagement. We need more of that, not lessFor a vivid parable of what is wrong with contemporary discourse and culture – and of what could be right – look no further than last week’s Channel 4 News interview of Jordan Peterson, by Cathy Newman. At the time of writing, her half-hour grilling of the Toronto University professor of psychology has clocked up more than 2.3m views on YouTube, and provoked a cacophonous response across social media. So shamefully abusive have many of the attacks on Newman been that Channel 4 announced on Friday that it had called in security specialists. Related: ‘Back off’, controversial professor urges critics of Channel 4's Cathy Newman Continue reading...