London: 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.

Martine Croxall made the expression as she changed her script in an introduction to an interview with an assistant professor about groups most at risk during British heatwaves.

Croxall won a legion of fans following the live broadcast, including author J.K. Rowling.

The broadcaster’s Executive Complaints Unit, however, considered her facial expression expressed a “controversial view about trans people”.

The decision comes during a difficult week for the corporation, following revelations by the London Telegraph of a damning memo written by one of the BBC’s own advisers.

Among multiple criticism

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