Just noticed something on the BBC today.
There have been many thread where it has been raised / touched on about media reporting of sex crimes and how many on here feel that a lot of reporting seems to imply that the accusation is all a bit dubious, because of the whole woman "raped" type headlines, with the "".
And noted that often it seems to be that "proper" victims will be described as having been raped, while other victims will have been "raped".
Others say that while it is an accusation it needs to have the "" and this is a legal thing and in no way is meant to imply that anyone might be making anything up however that doesn't stack up for me as I'm sure the "" are not applied consistently in situations or across crimes.
In my heart I feel that many reporters, when reporting sex crimes, think well I need to put it in "" as these often turn out to be untrue. Not consciously even, maybe.
Anyway, today on the BBC is an article about victims right of appeal that says this:
"Among the 146 successful victims' appeals were 80 cases of violence and 27 involving alleged sexual offences."
It just made me so mad! What do you feel about this? Given that the media shape public opinion, this sort of stuff sends a strong message, right? What can be done?