That’s a good thing. "His departure drew many tributes on Twitter, with Sky News' Adam Boulton calling him a "great TV journalist and friend", while fellow ITN presenter said he was a "trusted friend and guide to many of us". Journalists, broadcasters and politicians should follow my example. The 67-year-old, who joined ITV in 1980 and began fronting News at Ten nine years later, stepped down on Wednesday after what he described as a "misjudgement which I regret". Why, indeed, does anybody in public life? Their scrutiny of how power is used is wholly inadequate. On the contrary, his outlook would now be called “woke”. Follow @@wilbypeter. But why should Stewart – intelligent, witty, sociable, charming, well-connected – get involved in Twitter spats at all? Measure for measure, Alistair is a disgrace. "Shapland retweeted the comment and called Stewart a "disgrace", writing: "Just an ITV newsreader referring to me as an ape with the cover of Shakespeare. The lobby’s rules and customs are comparable to those of a Masonic lodge or to the restrictive practices of an old-style trade union. No doubt that is a factor, and we should deplore it. "The newsreader's Twitter account has now been deactivated.Michael Jermey, ITV director of news and current affairs, said in a statement: "Alastair has been a long-standing, familiar figure to viewers of ITV News, both reporting and presenting with distinction. Its members fear losing their monopoly over political news. I have known Alastair Stewart, the veteran ITN newsreader sacked for “inappropriate” tweets, since his early twenties, when he was big in student politics. They live in the Westminster bubble, offering insights into the minutiae of politics but not into the substance of government policies. Lobby journalists are experts in who will be sacked or promoted, what will please backbenchers, what may provoke a revolt. That’s a good thing. But as a threat to life, it is still well behind falling down the stairs, from which more than 800 die each year in Britain alone. They can’t all be racists, can they? Like others who knew him better, I can vouch that he was not then a racist. Veteran newsreader Alastair Stewart was accused of calling a black Twitter user an "ape" just days before announcing his resignation due to what ITN called "errors of judgment" in his use of social media.The 67-year-old, who joined ITV in 1980 and began fronting News at Ten nine years later, stepped down on Wednesday after what he described as a "misjudgement which I regret".ITN would not provide any more information about the circumstances that led to Stewart's departure.But earlier this month, Stewart and Twitter user Martin Shapland were involved in a heated debate on Twitter over the financial relationship between the taxpayer and the Crown.At one point, the newsreader responded with a quote from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure: "But man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd -, His glassy essence - like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven. The parliamentary lobby fear losing their monopoly over political news. I then decided I had better things to do and now, with rare exceptions, post only links to my columns and other articles. I joined Twitter in 2012 and, for a few months, struggled to think of what to tweet. I greatly doubt that he is a racist now, despite his quoting a line from Shakespeare about an “angry ape” during an argument with a black man on Twitter. That’s a good thing. Far too often, ministerial decisions, proposals or speeches about, for example, health, social security, education or transport are channelled through the lobby and, therefore, reported for their political significance, not for their likely effects on doctors, patients, teachers or children.
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