In UK media, nobody speaks out…

Following the reporting of allegations against Russell Brand, former Culture Secretary and Women’s Minister Dame Maria Miller MP spoke to Sky in an interview to highlight the established practises within UK media organisations which silence people trying to speak out.

“This comes after a number of other incidents where individuals within various parts of the media where people have experienced completely unacceptable behaviour, and yet have not felt able to speak out about it.”

“We’ve seen not only in this case but in other instances where media organisations have been using industry standard non-disclosure agreements or secrecy agreements within contracts that they use when people suffer unlawful wrongdoing at work, so I hope this isn’t the case here but if it is I hope it gives impetus to the Government to take action. There has been action to stop the use of non-disclosure agreements in universities and perhaps this instance with Russell Brand, if there are non-disclosure agreements involved, would indicate we need to take the same action to outlaw their use across the entertainment industry to.”

You can see the full interview with Sky here

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