Newsreader’s facial expression while saying ‘pregnant people’ broke rules says BBC

A total of 20 viewers complained about an alteration by Martine Croxall to a script on BBC News. Picture: James Manning/PA

A newsreader who went viral after she made a face while changing the word “pregnant people” to “women” during a live broadcast has been found to have broken BBC impartiality rules.

The complaints, which came from 20 viewers, were upheld on the basis that journalist Martine Croxall “expressed a controversial view about trans people”, the BBC said.