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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Harry will be on R4 PM shortly!

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ThinEndoftheWedge · 14/02/2020 17:01

Not sure what time!

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jhuizinga · 18/02/2020 12:17

That's an excellent point. I was once one if the BBC's greatest defenders but no longer unfortunately, although I would miss it if it went.

nauticant · 18/02/2020 12:33

If Radios 3 and 4 went then I don't know what I'd do. The news part of the BBC needs to be significantly reformed, maybe in the direction of the World Service. But definitely more objectivity and less celebrity. (See Evan Davis believing that his views should supplant the findings of a High Court judge in terms of how the audience is informed.)

nauticant · 06/03/2020 11:43

I got a response from the BBC. In their view Evan Davies was entitled to call Miller "anti-trans" all the way through the interview even though this phrase did not reflect the contents of the High Court judgement because Davies didn't call Miller "transphobic". The official view of the BBC of the debate is that one side is "pro-trans" and the opposite side is "anti-trans". How limited and binary is that?

The BBC ignored other parts of my complaint.

That's another step down in the level of respect I have for the BBC. By the time I'm done I'm going to be over on the side of cheering the abolition of the TV licence.

ThinEndoftheWedge · 06/03/2020 12:02

Hmm... splitting hairs. I think if someone was referred to as anti-(add in chosen ethnic group) everyone knows they actually mean racist.

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Mockerswithnoknockers · 06/03/2020 17:34

Complaining to the BBC about the BBC?

Now can you see what you did wrong, there?

OldCrone · 06/03/2020 18:19

The official view of the BBC of the debate is that one side is "pro-trans" and the opposite side is "anti-trans".

Pro-women and anti-women would be more accurate.

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