I went back to the complaints page:
I complained yesterday to comment to how shocked I was that the BCC had, effectively, censured Jenni Murray for voicing, very respectfully, opinions about transwomen which many women find uncontentious. Today I received this reply:
'Thanks for contacting us regarding Jenni Murray’s comments about transgender women.
'Jenni Murray is a freelance journalist and these were her own views; however she has been reminded that presenters should remain impartial on controversial topics covered by their BBC programmes.
'Please be assured that your concerns have been noted for the attention of BBC management.'
Effectively, I complained that the BBC had censured her and the reply I got was that the BBC had censured her. That was a circular, and not remotely helpful.
Libby Purves has in the last few days argued in the press that Jenni Murray was wrong. Will she now get an impartiality warning, or is she alright because she's toeing the currently acceptable line whereas Jenni spoke for thousands?
Could ask exactly WHY the BBC took such exception to what Jenni Murray had to say? What is remotely controversial about saying that a man who transitions in his 20s, or 30s, or 40s, has no idea what it is like to grow up female? Or saying that gender and sex are not the same thing? Is the OED wrong to define them differently?
Over the past couple of years my faith in the British media has been seriously undermined, when I have read articles about topics upon which I am very well informed and found these articles seriously lacking. Yet a free, balanced and accurate press is a necessary underpinning of democracy.
Perhaps you don't share that view. Perhaps you think that we should all think alike and if we don't we should just shut up. But shutting up doesn't change people's views.
Your reprimand to Jenny Murray has incensed many, many women, and diminished the respect in which we hold the BBC. I sincerely hope that this concern of mine concerns you, too.