BBC appeared to have removed references to a pedophile’s background as a drag queen and a Pride event planner while reporting on his arrest on Thursday.
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The BBC article originally had the title"Ex-drag queen caught in paedophile [sic] hunters' sting operation" and reported that 61-year-old Andrew Way was caught by pedophile hunters after impersonating a 27-year-old and sending sexual messages to the fake profile of a 14-year-old boy.hunters, a court has heard," the article originally read.A few hours after the original post, however, the BBC altered the article’s title to remove the words"ex-drag queen.
The BBC claimed that the article was changed after it"made reference to details not reported in court.""Ex-drag queen caught in paedophile [sic] hunters' sting operation," it read.
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