Columnist AA Gill has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) over his “dyke with a bike” comment in reference to the BBC’s Clare Balding. The TV presenter complained to the PCC after the phrase appeared in the Sunday Times earlier this year. She said that the word “dyke” was too often used as a “pejorative and insulting term”. Gill had previously come under fire for saying the presenter looked “like a big lesbian” and then issuing a mock apology. He has been the subject of 62 PCC complaints in the last five years, which have not been upheld.
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UK: Clare Balding’s complaint upheld by PCC
Columnist AA Gill has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) over his “dyke with a bike” comment in reference to the BBC’s Clare Balding. The TV presenter complained to the PCC after the phrase appeared in the Sunday Times earlier this year. She said that the word “dyke” was too often used as […]
17 Sep 10
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