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BBC Boss Tim Davie Says Broadcaster Must “Be Nice” Amid “Whipped Up” Trans Rights Debate
The BBC has a duty to "be nice" amid the fraught debate about transgender rights, according to the UK broadcaster's director general Tim Davie.
Tim Davie told lawmakers on Wednesday that the BBC’s detractors were attempting to whip up a “deeply damaging” narrative around the corporation’s output on gender identity issues. He was giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee amid concern over a BBC complaint unit ruling against Radio 4 Today show presenter Justin Webb last month. Jordan also admitted that the BBC “should have made clearer” the transgender status of Scarlet Blake, who was jailed for life last month for a murder she carried out after watching Netflix documentary Don’t F*** With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer.
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