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'Scandalous': Anger as BBC 'refuse to cover' anti-Brexit rally in London (www.thenational.scot)

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THE BBC has been asked to explain why it has not reported on a large-scale anti-Brexit rally in the centre of London ...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Can you expand on that? They're my main news source and I've never got transphobic vibes from them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is an absolute wealth of articles online about it, but here’s a couple points to get you started

https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/06/22/bbc-news-institutional-transphobia-kamal-ahmed-crispin-blunt-trans-media-watch/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7nv97/lgbtq-employees-are-quitting-the-bbc-because-they-say-its-transphobic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for this. Really opened my eyes.

What are some more central/impartial news source for international coverage?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly? There isn't really one. I think the best you can do is expose yourself to various sources and apply a very, very, very high dose of skepticism to everything you read.

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