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 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.
Webb was deemed to have broken editorial rules when he said “trans women, in other words males” during an item discussing whether biological males have an advantage in chess.
Davie was asked by Conservative MP Damian Green if the BBC was being “infused” by transgender ideology following the ruling against Webb.
The director general said BBC journalists are “doing a very good job” in difficult circumstances, but argued that Webb...
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.
Webb was deemed to have broken editorial rules when he said “trans women, in other words males” during an item discussing whether biological males have an advantage in chess.
Davie was asked by Conservative MP Damian Green if the BBC was being “infused” by transgender ideology following the ruling against Webb.
The director general said BBC journalists are “doing a very good job” in difficult circumstances, but argued that Webb...
- 3/20/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Tugendhat, Ruth Davidson, Jeremy Hunt and Damian Green criticise party’s decision.
A number of senior Conservatives have come out against the government’s plans to privatise UK public service broadcaster Channel 4, with Baroness Ruth Davidson calling it “the opposite of levelling up”.
The former Scottish Conservative leader tweeted that the publicly-owned broadcaster doesn’t cost the taxpayer any money and is “one of the reasons we have such a thriving indie sector in places like Glasgow. This is the opposite of levelling up.”
Jeremy Hunt told Sky News that he never considered privatising Channel 4 during his two...
A number of senior Conservatives have come out against the government’s plans to privatise UK public service broadcaster Channel 4, with Baroness Ruth Davidson calling it “the opposite of levelling up”.
The former Scottish Conservative leader tweeted that the publicly-owned broadcaster doesn’t cost the taxpayer any money and is “one of the reasons we have such a thriving indie sector in places like Glasgow. This is the opposite of levelling up.”
Jeremy Hunt told Sky News that he never considered privatising Channel 4 during his two...
- 4/5/2022
- by Marian McHugh Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
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