This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
As if the BBC's reputation hadn't already been damaged enough, with President Donald Trump's charge that it acted with actual malice in its misleading story about him, the British Broadcasting Corporation now faces another huge scandal.
It seems its LGBT reporters wouldn't allow anything on the air about LGBT issues unless they liked the stories.
WorldNetDaily already has reported on Trump's charges that the network, which he is threatening with a possible $1 billion lawsuit, acted with "reckless disregard for the truth" and that shows the "actual malice" involved in the BBC's decision to publish false statements.
The firestorm already has prompted the head of the BBC and its news chief to walk away from the company, for the deceptive editing of President Trump's remarks on Jan. 6, 2021.
Lawyers for Trump confirmed statements on the network's "Panorama" documentary were "fabricated."
Now the Christian Institute in the U.K. is reporting that there was a group of LGBT activists within the BBC news organization that censored "news coverage critical of transgender ideology."
"In a leaked internal document seen by The Daily Telegraph, Michael Prescott warned executives of fears that LGBT 'desk staffers' were 'keeping other perspectives off-air,'" the report said.
Prescott worked at the BBC advising in editorial guidelines and standards.
The Telegraph reported Prescott heard reports of "what sounded like effective censorship by the specialist LGBTQ desk within News" while in his advisory role, the report said.
"I was told that time and time again, the LGBTQ desk staffers would decline to cover any story raising difficult questions about the trans debate. The allegation made to me was stark: that the desk had been captured by a small group of people promoting the Stonewall view of the debate," Prescott said.
"There was also a constant drip-feed of one-sided stories, usually news features, celebrating the trans experience without adequate balance or objectivity," he explained.
The documentation seen by the Telegraph also confirmed David Grossman, a senior editorial adviser for BBC, found "unintended editorial bias," a lack of "significant voices," and "little or no coverage" on the extremism involved in transgenderism, the "quality of care given to gender-confused children."
Further, the beliefs on gender identify were referenced as "established fact," not ideological beliefs.
"Referring to the story of transgender wrestler Gisele Shaw as a 'typical example' of bias, the memo said the BBC account 'glossed over how the wrestler, who is a biological male, had repeatedly won trophies by competing in women's competitions,'" the institute explained.
A BBC official confirmed there have been "a number of actions" relating to reports on sex and gender, to include new updates in the news style guide.
The Panorama scandal involves charges BBC literally spliced video together to claim Trump was encouraging the riots on Capitol Hill in 2021.
