BBC Hypocrisy: Man "charged with child sex offences" vs Woman "seduced 13 year old boy".

Consilio_et_Animis · 2015-09-08T00:36:45+00:00

It doesn't get more glaringly hypocritical than this. Reported on the same day on the BBC website.

"Ex-Dragons' Den star Doug Richard charged with child sex offences"

He's accused with 3 counts of "sexual activity" with 1 child aged 13 on 1 day:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-34177048

"Home tutor 'seduced 13-year-old' boy"

She's accused of "having sex" with 1 boy aged 13 over 100 times over 4 years:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-34174022

xynomaster · 2015-09-08T03:03:51+00:00

Here's what I submitted as a complaint:

As a news source, I'd like to imagine that you are unbiased in your reporting of crimes and alleged perpetrators. However, on September 7, 2015, you published two articles involving individuals charged with a virtually identical sex crime that were heavily biased, and I'd like to bring this to your attention.

Regarding Carolyn Keeling, an adult woman accused of having sex with a 13 year old boy, your article was titled "Home tutor 'seduced 13-year-old' boy". However regarding Doug Richard, an adult man was accused of having sex with a 13 year old girl, your article was titled "Ex-Dragons' Den star Doug Richard charged with child sex offences".

Your decision to call the woman's crime "seduction" rather than the more appropriate "sex offense", and in particular your decision to include a section title "'Rather enjoyed it'" in large letters and then gloss over the description of the pain caused to the victim, is not appropriate. In doing this you have furthered the widely accepted idea that women who sexually abuse young children are not really committing a crime, that their victims are in fact "lucky", and that the abuse is more of a joke than anything serious. This kind of misinformation keeps thousands of young boys and girls from coming forward with their abuse and shames them into silence, thinking something is wrong with them because they didn't "rather enjoy" their abuse like they feel they should have.

victorymonk · 2015-09-08T02:11:15+00:00

Great find, OP! I have only one word: http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/

Tmomp · 2015-09-08T12:33:52+00:00

Institutionalized sexism, hurting men.

Lethn · 2015-09-08T09:17:59+00:00

lol nice, I was wondering if any of you were polite enough to point this out to the BBC, I know I can't do it without swearing at them, I hate those people.

mwobuddy · 2015-09-08T03:08:44+00:00

And what kind of hypocrisy are we looking for here? I agree that the seducing part is kind of stupid. Luring for a man vs seducing. However that cool guy Doug, his article contains a very dry accounting of what he's charged with and the allegation, that is it. None of it can easily be shown to be bias compared to the woman report.

Title	BBC Hypocrisy: Man "charged with child sex offences" vs Woman "seduced 13 year old boy".
Author	Consilio_et_Animis
Upvotes	249
Comments	14
Date	September 8, 2015 12:33 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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