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Newswatch, BBC1 Saturday 23rd May 2026

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GrannyGravy13 Sat 23-May-26 08:30:06

I have just watched this mornings episode, my blood is boiling and I am absolutely fuming.

There was an elderly man and an elderly woman on zoom, both complaining that the BBC 6pm news (Wednesday I think) first story was about rape and sexual assault of females on the Channel 4 programme Married at First Sight

Both said it was inappropriate, despite there being a warning of the content.

The man even suggested that the news should have headlined the golf winner (whatever tournament he had won πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ) instead 😑😑😑

What is it that makes people think that the sexual assault and rape of women should not be reported.

Then there was a piece on men in Afghanistan having to sell their young daughters as they were so poor. The emphasis was on the men crying and being upset, hardly a comment on the children who were being sold as wives to men three or four times their age 😑😑😑