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JK Rowling sides with Riley Gaines after AOC's attack over trans athlete issuehas upheld a complaint that presenter Martine Croxall broke the network’s guidelines by correcting the term “pregnant people” to “women” during a live broadcast.
“London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has released research, which says that nearly 600 heat-related deaths are expected in the U.K.,” Croxall began in the June broadcast. “Malcolm Mistry, who was involved in the research, says that the aged, pregnant people — women,” she said, pausing briefly with an edge in her voice, “and those with pre-existing health conditions need to take precautions.” , 20 viewers filed complaints about Croxall’s reaction and determined that she breached the BBC’s editorial standards of impartiality. “The phrase ‘pregnant people’ was followed by a facial expression which has been variously interpreted by complainants as showing disgust, ridicule, contempt or exasperation,” the BBC reported in a news release Thursday. BBC News management initially claimed Croxall was reacting to “scripting which somewhat clumsily incorporated phrases from the press release accompanying the research.”However, the ECU claimed Croxall’s expression and the praise she received online showed she was sharing a “personal view” on a “controversial matter.” “Even accepting this explanation, however, the ECU considered the facial expression which accompanied the change of ‘people’ to ‘women’ laid it open to the interpretation that it indicated a particular viewpoint in the controversies currently surrounding trans identity, and the congratulatory messages Ms. Croxall later received on social media, together with the critical views expressed in the complaints to the BBC and elsewhere, tended to confirm that the impression of her having expressed a personal view was widely shared across the spectrum of opinion on the issue,” the news release said. The BBC says anchor Martine Croxall violated the network’s guidelines when she said “women” during a live broadcast, instead of the term “pregnant people.”The ECU reported the findings to BBC News management, which reportedly discussed the matter with Croxall and the editorial team behind the video. It is unclear what additional action will be taken.The clip was lauded by J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series and a staunch defender of women-only spaces,Half-naked woman allegedly tortured and chained for months by 'friends' who didn't 'like her anymore'3.4KBlake Lively claims $161 million in damages due to ‘It Ends With Us’ smear campaign ‘Golden Bachelor’ Gerry Turner Allegedly Mentioned Chopping Up His Ex-Wife Theresa Nist: “That’s Where I’m Going To Hide Your Body After I Kill You”
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