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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
My concern is that a newsreader should be reading the prepared script and not inputting their own opinion into a news bulletin. What next, a remark about who is right/wrong when the Government & their opposition are at loggerheads or an opinion on who is right/wrong in the conflict between Israel/Iran??
This unprofessional behaviour calls into question the impartiality of the BBC.
I would feel the same if the script had of said 'women' and she had changed it to "people".
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The incident does call the BBC’s impartiality into question, but not in the way you think.
“Pregnant people” is activist language. Only women get pregnant. The use of “people” is intended to prioritise women who think they are something else (so-called trans men, or non-binary). Prioritising questionable social theories by using highly contested language without making clear that’s what you’re doing represents a loss of impartiality, and in discussion of medical issues where biology is of primary importance it is also reckless.
Croxall correctly addressed that lapse in editorial judgment by making an important clarification when she realised the script she had been given was sub-standard.
N.B. “Only women get pregnant” is not a matter of opinion. If you think it is, you need to give your head a wobble.