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BBC Cover-up?
Poor reporting? Lack of due diligence? Or something else? Just what is the story behind the BBC’s “trans lesbian pressure” story?
It’s not often i find myself at a loss for words. I’m a writer, FFS! Words are what i do. So the fact that i am sat here, stunned, in shock at what the BBC has wrought this past week, will give you some sense of how extraordinary this “news event” has been.
Back at the start, i briefly considered de-bunking it as written by a clearly deluded reporter. This gave way, quickly, to a darker mood. I was tempted to concoct something harsher, more Frankie Boyle, dismantling the many ways the anti-trans tribunes seem content for their activism to include calls for the rape and abuse of trans people.
Then it got worse, as one of the prime movers behind that piece turned out to be not just nasty, but genocidal. And still the BBC stands by what they did; sees nothing wrong. So here, for those new to the story, is a catalogue of the evil being perpetrated in the name of clicks.
Now read on.
It began…
…with a piece on October 26 headlined lesbians pressured into sex by some trans women. I am not going to link to it. Find it if you must. All i will say here is that such a piece was…
