'It's not and opinion it's a FACT' Mark Dolan slams BBC for punishing presenter after naming 'biological reality'

'It's not and opinion it's a FACT' Mark Dolan slams BBC for punishing presenter after naming 'biological reality'
Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 04/03/2024

- 07:45

Updated: 04/03/2024

- 09:32

In August last year, a listener of BBC Radio 4 complained after Webb had been discussing the decision by a sporting body to ban trans women from all-female competitions

Mark Dolan has blasted the BBC and claimed that presenter Justin Webb should have been promoted instead of investigated.

During the broadcast in August, Webb said on air the phrase: "Trans women, in other words, males."

A complainant contacted the BBC and claimed this constituted Webb giving a personal view on the matter and that it was in breach of the corporation's impartiality guidelines.

Over six months on from the remark, the BBC’s editorial complaints unit (ECU) has upheld the complaint against Webb, releasing a lengthy explanation as to why

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