BBC twonks
Reference to nationhood totally out of order in that report. Feel free to slay the bbc over this, I have complained.
Reply from BBC
Glad,
Thanks for your email.
Your query was passed to the editor responsible for this online news
content, who has asked that I forward his responds as follows:
"I do not believe that the reference to the woman apparently being English
was racist.
The reference was initially included as a piece of additional information,
as we had no other details about the woman involved. Had we known exactly
where she was from we would have included that, much as we would have said
had she been a local woman.
However, the reference was later removed from the story. When she appeared
in court we subsequently reported that she was from Liss in Hampshire."
Nevertheless, I'd like to assure you that we've registered your comments on
our audience log. This is the internal report of audience feedback which we
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Thanks again for taking the time to contact us with your concerns.
Regards
Gemma McAleer
BBC Complaints