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BBC news reporter saying 'your men' to fire chief

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leccybill · 14/06/2017 20:58

Watching the 6 o clock news about the Grenfell Tower tragedy and feeling absolutely devastated.

BBC reporter speaking to the asst fire chief for the London Fire Brigade, began by saying the public want to thank 'your men' this evening for their heroic actions. Later asked if 'your men' had accessed all parts of the building and used the phrase once again later in the short interview. To his credit, the fire chief did say 'our firefighters, both men and women...'
Surely the reporter is aware that women work in frontline emergency services too these days Shock

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DJBaggySmalls · 14/06/2017 21:05

At least back in the 1970's we had council housing and an NHS /s

Truckingalong · 14/06/2017 21:04

Agree leccy, it's such lazy language and dismissive too. How hard can it be to say fire officers.

viques · 14/06/2017 21:01

I took great heart from the fact that the fire commissioner for london is a woman, saw her giving two statements and she was very impressive both times