OMG, that Stacy bloke wanting a a competition of who gets called worse stuff! Bloody ridiculous.

On the plus side, one sure-fire way to peak casual listeners is to put transwomen on the radio and call them she/her. Those vocal chords haven't changed 'gender'.

Sorry, just interpolating to say to @ILikeDungs that my blood pressure also boiled over when I heard that interview…just wondering if you read the extremely good annihilation review of the book by Sarah Ditum? It was in the Times and findable on archive sites I expect.

There were also some cracking Twitter threads on the subject from the excellent lawyer Barbara Rich, which you can still turn up with a search. The truth of the matter became apparent very quickly once you got the facts straight.

Was that in the interview he did with Harry Miller back in 2020? That was a real wake-up call for me about Davis's blatant bias and lack of impartiality.

For those who don't recall the case, Miller (a former policeman) posted a series of tweets about reforms to the GRA and his belief that TW are not W. He was investigated for "hate incidents" and "transphobia" by Humberside police (who at one point turned up at his workplace).

The court found in Miller's favour, with the judge stressing "the vital importance of free speech". However, in Davis's interview with HM on 14/02/2020 he spoke to HM as if he was the guilty party, calling him anti-trans and obsessed several times. It was a truly dreadful interview by Davis.

Comments on this board from that time are interesting to read, particularly those from nauticant on 17/02/2020 at 11:29.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/3822991-Harry-will-be-on-R4-PM-shortly?page=2

Davis has been sooo shite for so long. PM used to be a reasonably good news and comment programme. Sadly it now just utterly stinks of BBC bias.

Sound it on sounds. Jesus obv Evan totes agrees with Stacey. Doesn’t even challenge the rubbish spouted. Will complain.

Trust me, from my experience your response will be both unilluminating and infuriating. They will answer a question you did not ask, or reflect on a statement you did not make. But to be sure, the BBC will conclude with "this pre-recorded interview was conducted in a fair and duly impartial manner". The fuckers.

I’ve requested a response to my complaint so I can hardly wait for those pearls of wisdom.
I used to enjoy having the radio on throughout the day and now I feel like I’m either shouting at the radio in anger, disbelief and frustration or writing emails of complaint.

I remember him being just incredulous that someone might not consider a transwoman a woman and might call them he. I mean truly he couldn’t believe it and thought it was awful. It was a real wtf moment.

I think it doesn’t help that he always sounds so incredibly pleased with himself.

Have just seen this thread.
I sent a complaint about Evan Davis to the BBC earlier this evening.
The segment was absolutely staggering in its bias.
Totally unchallenged by Evan Davis.
I hope JK Rowling is taking legal advice on it.

Nicky Campbell had an all male panel on his show yesterday with a bloke from the SNP spouting total tripe about the trans issue.
Sick to death of all of it.

Exactly. He wasn't trying hard not to debate her. He did nothing of the sort. No one mentioned even the smallest word that she's ever said or written. He just let those wankers baselessly call her transphobic.

There's no way on earth he would actually debate her. People might find out what she actually said.

Awful misogynist.

Sorry this crap really pisses me off

I don't understand what he thinks he is excusing here: "tried hard not to debate JKR" Of course you didn't debate it, you took it as fact that she was transphobic you utter twat, and are now trying to cover your butt you lying asshat

Some good replies on there! my god, it was a pre-recorded interview too so his excuse is pitiful. Definitely arse-covering as the complaints roll in.

He knew what he was doing. He needs to be sacked. He isn’t impartial. He is a complete misogynist. He is literally abusing women in a daily basis.

It was so bad that Evan Davis felt he had to get his excuses in quick before the complaints start getting picked up and reviewed:

twitter.com/EvanHD/status/1621229264455536641

Worse than you could ever imagine. Bloke from a gaming magazine was one of the interviewees ... I'll leave it there as thinking about it, & him in particular, makes me feel ill

Absolutely fucking OUTRAGEOUS. I heard it in the wild & could not believe my ears. I am so sick & tired of this myth being peddled as fact. Formally complaining is a really good idea @borntobequiet I'm gonna do it now & I hope loads of others do too.

Yes. Yes it was.

I heard the item trailed and thought 'oh-oh..' but had to go out so missed it. Was it as awful as o suspect it was?

Start with the well-known factHmm that JKR is transphobic
Only among those who can’t, or won’t read.

The BBC should be made to read out what she has said and explain why it is transphobic.

I hope lots of people will complain.

Programme is not working on BBC Sounds app now - it was just now and then became unavailable. Wonder if that is significant.

I genuinely think she could sue. The accusations of her being transphobic went without comment.

What do the BBC bloody think?

The biggest pre-orders in history!

No one agrees with you, Evan

Really properly shocking. What were they thinking?

one of the biggest pre-orders in history,

Up yours Davis.

It was actually shocking and I'm used to Evan Davis' bias by now.