Open letter to the BBC from Seen in Journalism:
We call on the BBC to embrace accuracy in its coverage of ‘transgender’ issues and adopt an editorial policy of accurately describing sex.
The BBC has a unique responsibility to deliver accurate, impartial, and transparent reporting to its diverse audience. The current default, of using preferred pronouns and the words ‘man’ and ‘woman’ according to a person’s ‘gender identity’ is at best highly misleading and at worst a betrayal of the BBC’s public service remit.
The adoption of self-identification of sex has eroded trust and harmed vulnerable groups. Reversing it is essential to upholding journalistic integrity and foster informed public discourse….
The BBC has a duty to ensure that it is not captured by any ideological viewpoint, including gender identity ideology. The belief and understanding that biological sex is binary and unchangeable, and that it matters, are not only legally protected, they are based on fundamental truths. Yet the BBC persists in telling its audience the opposite. This is a dereliction of the BBC’s Charter responsibilities…
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