BBC claims anchor broke guidelines by replacing 'pregnant people' with 'women' in viral video

The BBC has upheld a complaint that presenter Martine Croxall broke the network's guidelines by correcting the term "pregnant people" to "women" during a live broadcast. "Even accepting this explanation, however, the ECU considered the facial expression which accompanied the change of 'people' to 'women' laid it open to the interpretation that it indicated a particular viewpoint in the controversies currently surrounding trans identity, and the congratulatory messages Ms Croxall later received on social media, together with the critical views expressed in the complaints to the BBC and elsewhere, tended to confirm that the impression of her having expressed a personal view was widely shared across the spectrum of opinion on the issue," the news release said. The ECU reported the findings to BBC News management, which reportedly discussed the matter with Croxall and the editorial team behind the video.