20 impartiality complaints over believing only women get pregnant...

[RamiC]

link - Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says

"Martine Croxall altered a script she was reading live on the BBC News Channel, which referred to "pregnant people" earlier this year... Croxall was introducing an interview about research on groups most at risk during UK heatwaves, which quoted a release from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

The presenter changed her script to instead say "women", and the BBC's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) said it considered her facial expression as she said this gave the "strong impression of expressing a personal view on a controversial matter.""

 

[Michie]

Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says - Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says

"Martine Croxall altered a script she was reading live on the BBC News Channel, which referred to "pregnant people" earlier this year... Croxall was introducing an interview about research on groups most at risk during UK heatwaves, which quoted a release from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

The presenter changed her script to instead say "women", and the BBC's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) said it considered her facial expression as she said this gave the "strong impression of expressing a personal view on a controversial matter.""

Common sense and biological truths are very offensive to some.

 

[RamiC]

Common sense and biological truths are very offensive to some.

I suspect she thought there was a mistake in the teleprompt, so she hesitated and then spoke to fix it.

 

[Michie]

I suspect she thought there was a mistake in the teleprompt, so she hesitated and then spoke to fix it.

Yes. I agree.