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BBC Apologizes After Reporting That “Derogatory Comments” About Trans People Could See J.K. Rowling Fall Foul Of New Hate Crime Law
The BBC has apologized after suggesting JK Rowling's transgender comments could put her on the wrong side of a new hate crime law in Scotland.
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has apologized after suggesting that J.K. Rowling’s remarks about transgender women could put her on the wrong side of a new hate crime law in Scotland. In a correction on the BBC website, the corporation said: “This was inaccurate and we should have referred to the Act creating a new crime where it is an offence if someone communicates material or behaves in a threatening or abusive manner with the intention of “stirring up hatred” based on these protected characteristics.” Obtained by Deadline, the briefing notes advised BBC journalists and production teams that “care is needed” when people are labeled “transphobic” and the term should be interrogated during on-air debate.
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