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Woman's Hour now: BBC walking away from Stonewall

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nauticant · 11/11/2021 10:06

Emma Barnett is asking the questions.

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HH76ds31 · 11/11/2021 10:54

Emma is awesome. I have totally done a reverse ferret as I wasn't at all convinced in the early weeks and indeed I tuned out. I guess I was suffering Dame Jenni Murray withdrawal symptoms. Still miss her terribly.
I have sent positive feedback to the BBC. Well done Emma - I know you must be lurking here because how else would you be so well-educated on this subject ;-)

WTF475878237NC · 11/11/2021 10:50

I have also just sent positive feedback for coverage of this.

Xenia · 11/11/2021 10:49

Well done.

ScrollingLeaves · 11/11/2021 10:47

I have just sent positive feedback

Noshowlomo · 11/11/2021 10:46

Missed this but love these comments. The tide is turning against the ridiculousness of it all.
LOTS of comments on a post put up yesterday on @bbc page on Instagram about being glad that BBC have come out of Stonewall. Have a look.. its made me smile.
LOTS of GC accounts on insta as well.

Mollyollydolly · 11/11/2021 10:44

You could just tell from what was left unsaid that Ben Hunter had caused a massive shitstorm right at the top of the BBC. He was always our best ally!

FetchezLaVache · 11/11/2021 10:43

@Shewholovedthethebanhills

The silence after the pregnant people question! Bloody hell.
I was driving and the time and thought I'd lost reception!

Maybe that's what you call a pregnant pause.

I'll get my coat.

missproportionate · 11/11/2021 10:42

Emma rocks. I have sent ++++ feedback.
Plus that silence!!!

Ratherly · 11/11/2021 10:41

Shedbuilder - exactly the same, had high hopes which were soon dashed, can't listen until later but sounds like she's been unshackled and living up to the expectations.

I hope she gets Jenni Murray back on to interview!

Mollyollydolly · 11/11/2021 10:41

I have also just sent positive feedback praising Woman's Hour and magnificent Emma. Please do the same, it takes 5 minutes and executives do look at the comments. It's worth it. Show your support.

pickingdaisies · 11/11/2021 10:41

I just gave positive feedback, and was delighted to do so. I'm hoping that one day soon I'll be able to have a proper discussion with someone very close who has been completely taken in. I'm just waiting for the scales to drop from their eyes.

WTF475878237NC · 11/11/2021 10:39

I think Emma really missed a trick when somewhere in the answer to the pregnant people question fact was mentioned. I would have liked her to pin him down on this more.

Shedbuilder · 11/11/2021 10:36

@TheOrigRights

Huzzah! I put the radio on while I was hanging laundry (WFH) and have just come here to see if there's a thread.

EM is brilliant. It's taken me a while to warm to her, but now I think she's fabulous.

She's turned into what I hoped she'd be now she's come off the back foot. I advocated for her when Garvey announced her departure and was feeling a bit embarrassed by her early performance. Thrilled now.
FindTheTruth · 11/11/2021 10:36

Yes Nauticant. positive feedback to the BBC

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nauticant · 11/11/2021 10:34

My suggestion about positive feedback: refer approvingly to the BBC reemphasising impartiality and ask whether the Nolan podcast can be reformatted into a programme to be broadcast on Radio 4.

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Datun · 11/11/2021 10:34

I re-read the full BBC statement yesterday, and it was trying it's absolute damnedest to say we are totally impartial, of course, but people might think we aren't, and as it's all about people's perception, we have to leave stonewall. You know, just in case it looks bad, even though we're not bad.

So it's really good that Emma is putting that alleged impartiality to the test. Cos we all know it's bollocks.

There are 400 trans people working at the BBC, so I imagine there is a massive internal schism going on at the moment.

Emma is brave. I wouldn't want be in the BBC cafe having a latte after that.

pickingdaisies · 11/11/2021 10:33

I'm listening to it now, and EB is magnificent. Magnificent. Whole seconds of radio silence while waffly dissembler tries to think of an answer to a straight question.

FindTheTruth · 11/11/2021 10:33

Thank you Rhodri Talfan Davies for agreeing to be the first BBC executive to be interviewed about the BBC's relationship with Stonewall. Even though you didn't answer most of the pointed questions... it is at least start and I appreciate the emphasis on impartiality.

BattyOrange · 11/11/2021 10:30

A quick bit of positive feedback going off to the BBC about that piece - and EB's fierce tenacity in seeking straight answers.

FindTheTruth · 11/11/2021 10:29

'Emma: Can you say with confidence that the BBC hasn't be lobbied by Stonewall... compromised?'

MacNTosh · 11/11/2021 10:29

Emma was magnificent, I liked the slight nod to others who’ve sat in the chair ie. Jane & Jenni

Actually feeling more than a little teary.

MrsBertBibby · 11/11/2021 10:27

Huh, I better listen this evening.

WinterTrees · 11/11/2021 10:24

Every time Stonewall release a statement on this they reveal themselves to be more malignant and deceitful. How anyone could left thinking they offer sound and sensible advice I fail to see.

pickingdaisies · 11/11/2021 10:24

Crosspost - preferred your waffly dissembler description Grin

Shedbuilder · 11/11/2021 10:24

[quote nauticant]The waffly dissembler was:

www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/whoweare/rhodri-talfan-davies[/quote]
He drew the short straw, didn't he?