The BBC has issued an apology for running a false statement on Harry Potter writer J. K. Rowling’s remarks about transgenders, admitting that its investigating was “inaccurate” while even admonishing its reporters about the “importance of accuracy”.
According to the BBC Scotland unique April 2 story, Rowling was detained for describing some transgender “women” as men in a police report. Apparently unhappy with the decision,  , the outlet erroneously claimed that , the Hate Crime and Public Order ( Scotland ) Act 2021 “makes it a criminal offence to make derogatory comments based on disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex”.
Bluff Called: Police Scotland Won’t Charge J. K. Rowling over Trans Comments, Author Vows to Have With Any Person Who Calls’ A Guy a Man’https: //t. co/P32sQoi9Ef
— Breitbart London ( @BreitbartLondon ) April 2, 2024
The unique, untreated account can be read below.
Editors admitted in a adjustment released this week that the BBC’s coverage of the incident was false.
The BBC reported that the Act should have been used to create a fresh crime where it is illegal to communicate substance or act in a threatening or abusive way in an effort to” stoke hatred” in response to this false statement.
We apologize for any uncertainty that may have occurred, and we have reminded our teams of the value of accuracy in our result.
Woke Fail: Leftist Scottish Leader Receives More Dislike Speech Issues than J. K. Rowling, as Police Swamped with Reportshttps: //t. co/K8hzNfPSFD
— Breitbart London ( @BreitbartLondon ) April 3, 2024
According to a Deadline report, this is the next day the BBC has apologized for its protection of Rowling and her opinions on transgender people.
Last month, the BBC apologized for calling Rowling” misogynistic” on , BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland present. The same year, the BBC apologized for failing to issue a visitor whose accused Rowling of pushing ,” stigmatization” on , Radio 4’s” PM” present.
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