April 16, 2021
Presenters and panellist beware of using slurs on air
A broadcaster in Ireland has been found guilty of breaching the rules after allowing a slur against author JK Rowling to go unchallenged. A panellist on a radio programme on Today FM labelled the author a “transphobic bigot” without any evidence of the claim. No one else, including the presenter, challenged the statement on air.