Because they were controversial, - because they stoked opinion. and for the bbc, | it often finds itself at the centre of these storms when it s reporting on these issues. . people on both sides of the argument - criticise the coverage. it has often had to make apologies. i mean, for example, - it has apologised to jk rowling twice in the past year or so because she s been accused of being transphobic on air. | and it s an incredibly i delicate balancing act, ithink, for the bbc. and, rebecca coombes, just to bring you in at the end, you re head ofjournalism at the british medicaljournal. i mean, one thing i should say is that and cass says it too you know, in the absence of evidence, don t we have to, as journalists, listen to the voices of people in pain? um, yes, we do. but i also think this is a call to improve sort of scientific literacy amongst health notjust healthjournalists,
They were controversial, - because they stoked opinion. and for the bbc, it often finds itself at the centre of these storms when it s i reporting on these issues. people on both sides . of the argument criticise the coverage. it has often had - to make apologies. i mean, for example, - it has apologised to jk rowling twice in the past year- or so because she s been accused of being . transphobic on air. and it s an incredibly i delicate balancing act, ithink, for the bbc. and, rebecca coombes, just to bring you in at the end, you re head ofjournalism at the british medicaljournal. i mean, one thing i should say is that and cass says it too you know, in the absence of evidence, don t we have to, as journalists, listen to the voices of people in pain? um, yes, we do. but i also think this is a call to improve sort of scientific literacy amongst health not just health journalists
Storms when it s reporting on these issues. people on both sides . of the argument criticise the coverage. it has often had - to make apologies. i mean, for example, - it has apologised to jk rowling twice in the past year- or so because she s been accused of being . transphobic on air. and it s an incredibly i delicate balancing act, ithink, for the bbc. and, rebecca coombes, just to bring you in at the end, you re head ofjournalism at the british medicaljournal. i mean, one thing i should say is that and cass says it too you know, in the absence of evidence, don t we have to, as journalists, listen to the voices of people in pain? um, yes, we do. but i also think this is a call to improve sort of scientific literacy amongst health not just health journalists but against politicians because what we saw was a real sort of mishmash of a kind of activist blogger might be