Broadcasters Must Give Airtime to Claim Biological Men are Women – Guido Fawkes

Ofcom Overrules Supreme Court: Broadcasters Must Give Airtime to Claim Biological Men are Women

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Ofcom has ordered broadcasters to give airtime to claims that biological men are women if and when they discuss trans issues on air. Bizarre, given that the Supreme Court just settled the issue…

A letter issued by the regulator to TV stations says that the matter cannot be considered closed, despite even Sir Keir Starmer taking action such as ordering hospitals to ban trans people from female toilets in the wake of the ruling by the highest court in the land. Does Ofcom think it outranks the Supreme Court?

Ofcom has taken a settled position on other controversies in the past – such as ruling that climate change is man-made. Its judgements effectively regularly draw the line on which discussions must be balanced by an opposing viewpoint and which need not be…The regulator’s response also hints that broadcasters should use preferred pronouns for guests. The regulatory blob makes an ass of the law…