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BBC Stands By Newsreader Who Corrected Autocue From “Pregnant People” To “Women”
BBC News will not reprimand Martine Croxall for changing her autocue from saying "pregnant people" to "pregnant women." JK Rowling hailed the moment.
The presenter was quoting Dr Malcolm Mistry, an assistant professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, who said “pregnant people” are more at risk of death during a heatwave in the UK. Other insiders said the mood music had changed at the BBC since Justin Webb, a Radio 4 Today show presenter, was censured last year for stating “transwomen, in other words, males” on-air. “Our national broadcaster can no longer be trusted to report truthfully or impartially on matters relating to sex, preferring to push its own luxury beliefs on the unenlightened masses,” she wrote.
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