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BBC complaint upheld over Croxall 'ridicule' of pregnant people phrase
The Guardian
|November 07, 2025
The BBC has upheld a complaint against the newsreader Martine Croxall after she changed the term “pregnant people” to “women” and raised her eyebrows on the News Channel.
The corporation said its executive complaints unit (ECU) had upheld 20 complaints over the broadcast. It said Croxall’s facial expression “laid it open to the interpretation that it indicated a particular viewpoint in the controversies currently surrounding trans identity”.
Under the BBC’s impartiality rules, news presenters are not permitted to express views on controversial topics. Croxall and the editorial team involved have been spoken to about the item.
This story is from the November 07, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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