Fury at the BBC again:
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… — Julie Bindel (@bindelj) August 21, 2024
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…
— Julie Bindel (@bindelj) August 21, 2024
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 — Sonia Sodha (@soniasodha) August 21, 2024
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
— Sonia Sodha (@soniasodha) August 21, 2024
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
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
They did, finally, amend it.
Murdered mum found dead by her son, court hears https://t.co/HeiUNB6puD — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 21, 2024
Murdered mum found dead by her son, court hears https://t.co/HeiUNB6puD
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 21, 2024
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