Sickening, disrespectful & deeply offensive that the BBC would call Samantha Holden anything other than a ‘woman’. Also, the sanitised language of “sex worker” dignifies only the pimps and punters, never the women themselves, whether they’re involved in prostitution or assumed to…
The BBC using the term “sex worker” to describe Samantha Holden is a partial editorial decision to sanitise the abuse and exploitation of women… which in this case ended tragically in murder. For shame. https://t.co/yZrYkCOifn
I’d hoped we’d moved on from dark days ‘murdered sex worker’ labelling. Not so @BBCNews. Appalling headline in same vein as 1970s ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ coverage. BBC has now amended, but too late. https://t.co/WTIBPzMpVc
— Josephine (Josie) Tapper (@TapperJosephine) August 21, 2024
