by Patrick Sawer, Telegraph
Hundreds of parents call on Ofcom to investigate broadcaster for ‘constant drip-feed of one-sided programmes’
Hundreds of parents have accused the BBC of damaging their children with a “constant drip-feed of one-sided pro-trans programmes”.
The Bayswater Support Group (BSG), which represents 650 mothers and fathers of primary school-aged children and teenagers who believe they are trans, has called on Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, to launch an investigation into the corporation’s coverage.
Among their complaints is that senior BBC managers, including Jonathan Munro, its new head of news, dismissed their concerns and failed to take them seriously.
The group has urged the regulator to examine what it describes as the corporation’s “failure to uphold their duty of impartiality and safeguarding”, as a result of the BBC’s “constant drip-feed of one-sided stories… celebrating the trans experience without adequate balance and objectivity”.
The BSG said the BBC’s biased approach stretched back nearly a decade, promoting trans lifestyles to young people who were already vulnerable because of their age and mental health needs.
At times, the BBC even appeared to encourage children to undertake irreversible medical transition, the parents claim.
A spokesman for the group said: “The lack of action by the regulatory authorities has been in dereliction of their primary duty. Tragically, we can’t undo the damage this has done to our children, but hope this complaint will cause Ofcom to address the years of failure to regulate the grossly irresponsible and politically motivated coverage of the BBC.”