The BBC has been earning hate again this morning, after publishing a headline apparently victim blaming a murdered Farnborough mother.
Adam Watson, 37, of Eastchurch, Kent, is currently on trial for the murder of 56-year-old Samantha Holden, who was found dead on the living room floor of her Farnborough flat on 9th September 2022.
Samantha's partially clothed body was discovered by her 18-year-old son. Forensic examination of her body confirmed that she had been strangled and suffocated.
BBC News wrote a trial update article with the headline "Murdered sex worker found dead by son, court hears".
The sneering headline provoked widespread revulsion on social media, with various commentators branding the BBC "a disgrace", "fucking scumbags" and describing its journalism as "the lowest of the low".
The headline has now been updated in response to the public backlash.
Samantha's family have described her as a "kind and beautiful soul, who will forever be loved".
BBC journalism really is the pits. The despicable national broadcaster might want to get its own sordid house in order, before it sits in judgement of anyone else.
There has never been a better time to cancel your BBC TV licence fee.
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Further anti-BBC reading:
- Is The True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?, by David Sedgwick (aff. link)
- The BBC: Myth of a Public Service, by Tom Mills (aff. link)
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