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BBC presenter corrects pregnant people to pregnant women

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Theeyeballsinthesky · 22/06/2025 08:41

https://x.com/journalismseen/status/1936513585082970489?s=46

and with a splendid eye roll to boot 😁

https://x.com/journalismseen/status/1936513585082970489?s=46

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WhatterySquash · 22/06/2025 10:45

The interview with Heather Herbert is sheer class. She stuck to the facts, did not get irate and calmly walked Herbert into a self-contradictory mess. I can imagine Herbert switching the laptop off and going “what the fuck did I just say?”

TheFinePrintess · 22/06/2025 10:45

👏👏👏👏

Tapoopoo · 22/06/2025 10:44

Strawberryfields18 · 22/06/2025 10:37

I fully support trans people & how they wish to identify. I do not support changing language to fit their narrative

Yes. I am a woman. Not a "person with a uterus".

Tapoopoo · 22/06/2025 10:43

Ive only seen the clips of her on here but from those... I love her.
The eye roll was brilliant!
I hope she doesnt get into bother.

dudsville · 22/06/2025 10:42

I didn't know this about her, what an enjoyable thread that's enabled me to catch up about her achievements!!! Knowing she's out there doing this makes me reconsider getting back to watching the news, knowing a presenter is protecting the truth over spin.

BatchCookBabe · 22/06/2025 10:40

A young woman I know (late 20s) got married last year, and DH and I were both invited. My DH doesn't drink alcohol, and I asked if there would be alcohol free booze there, for the toast and whatnot. She said 'oh yes, we have some on order. There's going to be 3 pregnant people there, so they won't be drinking alcohol.' This was me when she 'said pregnant people......'

rage GIF
EmmyFr · 22/06/2025 10:37

Thankfully in France we're not as far down the craziness road (but there is some heavy pushing) - the downside being that we don't get moments of joy like the SC ruling or, well, this 😁

Strawberryfields18 · 22/06/2025 10:37

I fully support trans people & how they wish to identify. I do not support changing language to fit their narrative

WhatterySquash · 22/06/2025 10:36

I bloody love Martine, I clicked on this thinking it would be her. The BBC can’t sack her for being accurate now!

I’ve always really liked her and her no-nonsense approach and would have been so disappointed if she’d started with the genderist nonsense. Now that’s who should be presenting woman’s hour.

HaveYouActuallyDoneAnyWashingThisWeekMum · 22/06/2025 10:34

Well done, Martine!

Topseyt123 · 22/06/2025 10:31

Good for her! 😃 The phrase "pregnant people" drives me mad. As does "we are pregnant" when uttered by a man about his pregnant female partner.

WOMEN get pregnant. Men do not. Only one person in a couple will be pregnant. It won't be a man!

RebelMoon · 22/06/2025 10:31

Love it...stealth TERF.

Strawberryfields18 · 22/06/2025 10:27

Theeyeballsinthesky · 22/06/2025 08:41

https://x.com/journalismseen/status/1936513585082970489?s=46

and with a splendid eye roll to boot 😁

"PREGNANT PEOPLE"
😂😂😂

I had never heard this expression but I've heard it all now 😂

tsmainsqueeze · 22/06/2025 10:24

Yeah !!!!!!!! good on her !

tothesea · 22/06/2025 10:20

Joyous eye roll. Good for you Martine!

BundleBoogie · 22/06/2025 10:14

Theeyeballsinthesky · 22/06/2025 08:57

Yes she did deliberately correct it. Here is the original quote by Dr Mistry as referenced in the clip. He refers to pregnant people, she changes it to pregnant women

Dr Malcolm Mistry, at LSHTM, said: “Exposure to temperatures in the high 20s or low 30s may not seem dangerous, but they can be fatal, particularly for people aged over 65, infants, pregnant people, and those with pre-existing health conditions.”

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Well done to her. What utter nonsense that Mistry (I don’t really want to refer to him as a doctor as he has undermined all credibility with that statement). A news Shero!

MelodyMalone · 22/06/2025 10:09

Waitwhat23 · 22/06/2025 09:24

Aha! Found it

https://x.com/g_ymous/status/1936544074313630155

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Wow 😂 don't think I've ever seen anyone tie themselves up in knots to quite that extent!

Beautifully handled by Martine, and I don't think "Heather" would be rushing to any more interviews after that.

Gwenhwyfar · 22/06/2025 10:08

ScribblingPixie · 22/06/2025 09:02

Not impressed by 'the aged' for people over 65 either. Whoever wrote that autocue script sounds like they're probably very young and irritating.

What's wrong with it?

BatchCookBabe · 22/06/2025 10:04

DialSquare · 22/06/2025 10:02

That eye roll expressed the opinion of many, many women up and down the country.

I know right. Why are the rights and wishes and desires of women always shat all over?

DialSquare · 22/06/2025 10:02

That eye roll expressed the opinion of many, many women up and down the country.

Brainworm · 22/06/2025 09:57

Throwing this out there to get poster’s thoughts….The interview with Heather was great, because Martine critiqued the arguments put forward and challenged where there was a lack of coherence between the different claims being made. I expect those on the TRA side of things regarded the interview as hostile.

I regarded the questioning of Baroness Faulkner by the WEC to be hostile. The context of multiple people versus one might have contributed to how inappropriate it seemed, but I’d think there was more to it than just this.

What thoughts do people have about the differences that makes Martinez’s approach with Heather different to the questions by the WEC?

BatchCookBabe · 22/06/2025 09:57

Theeyeballsinthesky · 22/06/2025 08:41

https://x.com/journalismseen/status/1936513585082970489?s=46

and with a splendid eye roll to boot 😁

YESSS! What a sassy blonde! Just hope this doesn't affect her career, as I know how upset some people get when people say stuff like this.

Brainworm · 22/06/2025 09:50

Dear Lord. I hadn’t seen that interview with Heather Herbert before……”If I can’t use women’s loos I can’t go to work”. It’s wilful blindness not to see that all the females she works with have had to be without women’s loos for the entire time she’s been their colleague. Of those for whom this was a problem, how far does she think they’d get in saying they can’t go in to work for this reason?!

PostmanSplat · 22/06/2025 09:48

That was beautiful