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Nick Conrad

There are days when I think journalists must live in a little community locked far far away from the people and issues they report on. I’m also pretty sure they must spend a lot of time reading their...

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Child Assaulted at School by her Teacher a response to the BBC

One of the most poignant memories from my childhood is sexual assault aged 9 perpetrated by a ‘friend’ of my father’s whose children were my age, we played together, this means he knew my age. As I...

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Once again, the BBC ignores journalistic guidlines on responsible reporting

TW: Sexual assault including full details. Once again, the BBC ignores guidelines on the responsible reporting of VAWG in favour of a titillating headline. Andrew Smart admits stripping drunk woman in...

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BBC describes a woman reporting rape as making a “confession”

On BBC iplayer the caption for an Eastenders episode when Linda tells the police she has been raped, and gives a video statement as "Linda makes a brave confession". Confessing to the crime of being...

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A ‘light-hearted look at who killed Lucy Beale’

BBC article: EastEnders: Lucy Beale's killer - the likely suspects Having read the Counting Dead women project  I have come to understand that behind the statistics on the murders of women are the...

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I despair of the BBC News website – reporting on Polanski (content note)

Severe CN: Child rape in explicit detail The BBC website reports on the Polish extradition hearing for Roman Polanski in the article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31618390 In the very first...

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.@BBCNews *finally* uses appropriate language

We've been campaigning for 2 years to have the BBC stop using the terms 'child prostitute' and 'child porn'. Ann Coffey, MP for Stockport, has called for an end to the term 'child prostitute' in law,...

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The BBC responds to a complaint: Badly

This is a response from the BBC to a complaint raised by Claire Moore about their coverage of the murder of Claire O'Connor who they dismissively refer to as "the body in the boot". We wrote about...

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Her name was Marta Ligman. Not the “body in the suitcase”

The BBC really struggles with the whole idea that women have names, even ones who have been murdered. Instead, the BBC online news chooses to use dehumanising terms like "body in the boot" for Claire...

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Forget the victims, save all your sympathy for the poor overworked police: BBC

The BBC report on Dame Elish Angiolin's independent review "Report of the Independent Review into the Investigation and Prosecution of Rape in London" with the classic headline Rape investigations...

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.@BBCthree response to our complaint about #sexontrial – complete with victim...

This is the response from the BBC to our complaint about the program Is this rape? Sex on Trial. The limit on characters means we cannot put in a proper evidenced complaint. We will be raising this...

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The BBC: still using the term ‘child porn’

Here we have the BBC, once again, using the term 'child porn' when they mean 'still or video images of children being sexually abused, raped, and tortured. Peter Allott, who is the deputy head of St...

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.@BBC misusing the term ‘child porn’. Again.

"Glee actor Mark Salling charged over child porn possession" We have filed a formal complaint with the BBC about their use of the term 'child porn' in yet another headline. These are the facts of the...

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India Chipchase: @BBCNews use of cruel and unnecessary headlines

Edward Tenniswood is currently on trial for the rape and murder of India Chipchase. This is how the BBC has chosen to report on the trial today. These statements come from Tenniswood's defence...

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The @BBC remain incapable of correctly identifying child rape.

This is the brief complaint we have submitted to the BBC over an article entitled: "Outrage over 60-day jail term for sex with young daughter". The BBC limits the number of characters that can be used...

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Man arrested for racially-aggravated sexual assault. BBC headline gets...

Due to the limited number of characters allowed by the BBC informal complaints, we have sent the following about the conviction of city lawyer Alistair Main:   Alistair Main has been convicted of one...

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I despair of the BBC News website – reporting on Polanski (content note)

Severe CN: Child rape in explicit detail The BBC website reports on the Polish extradition hearing for Roman Polanski in the article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31618390 In the very first...

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I despair of the BBC News website – reporting on Polanski (content note)

Severe CN: Child rape in explicit detail The BBC website reports on the Polish extradition hearing for Roman Polanski in the article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31618390 In the very first...

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.@BBCNews *finally* uses appropriate language

We've been campaigning for 2 years to have the BBC stop using the terms 'child prostitute' and 'child porn'. Ann Coffey, MP for Stockport, has called for an end to the term 'child prostitute' in law,...

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The BBC responds to a complaint: Badly

This is a response from the BBC to a complaint raised by Claire Moore about their coverage of the murder of Claire O'Connor who they dismissively refer to as "the body in the boot". We wrote about...

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