Some changes

Times journalist Janice Turner points out obfuscation by the BBC:

https://twitter.com/VictoriaPeckham/status/1341743930128347138

Oh really. How sly.

Let’s compare a passage from the first version to the new one.

Amended version:

The NHS gender identity service is seeking leave to appeal against a High Court ruling that restricts children under 16 from accessing “puberty-blocking” drugs.

The NHS service says the move harms young people with gender dysphoria.

Doctors and parents have told the BBC the ruling could put already vulnerable trans teens at risk.

Original version:

The NHS gender identity service is appealing against a High Court ruling that restricts children under 16 from accessing “puberty-blocking” drugs.

The NHS service says the move harms young people with gender dysphoria.

Doctors and parents have told the BBC the ruling could cause distressed trans teens to self-harm or even take their own lives.

The change: “the ruling could cause distressed trans teens to self-harm or even take their own lives” is now “the ruling could put already vulnerable trans teens at risk.” That’s a large and substantive change, which the BBC is carefully not admitting it made.

On the other hand they still let an anonymous clinician and Adrian Harrop rant about suicide.

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