Trans row shows BBC still under Stonewall’s sway, says John Humphrys
Henry Bodkin, James Warrington and Anita Singh, Telegraph:
Veteran presenter criticises investigation into Justin Webb over Today comments.
The BBC is still under the influence of Stonewall, John Humphrys has suggested, as he threw his weight behind Justin Webb in a row over Today presenter calling a trans woman “male”.
The former Today presenter said that despite the broadcaster formally cutting ties with the lobby group, he suspected the organisation “still has rather more influence within the BBC than it does in the outside world”.
The veteran journalist was responding to outrage over an internal investigation into Justin Webb for using the phrase on Today last year: “trans women, in other words male”.
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