<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A newsreader who gained attention after she made a face while changing the word "pregnant people" to "women" during a live broadcast has been deemed to have broken the BBC's impartiality rules.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During a broadcast in June, Martine Croxall overruled her autocue as she introduced a guest who was about to discuss the groups most at risk during heatwaves.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Malcolm Mistry, who was involved in the research, says that the aged, pregnant people … women … and those with pre-existing health conditions need to take precautions," Croxall said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-artist-rachael-egan-painting-taken-in-suspected-case-of-mistaken-street-bounty/021e9a36-e9ad-4344-be6c-ae5ad917025b" target="_blank"><strong><span>Artist's 'priceless' painting taken in suspected case of mistaken street bounty</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The public broadcaster's executive complaints unit (ECU) has since found her facial expression during the change expressed a "strong impression of expressing a personal view on a controversial matter".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Croxall's facial expression could lead to the perception of "a particular viewpoint in the controversies currently surrounding trans identity".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After the broadcast, the complaints unit noted Croxall received both critical and congratulatory messages which "tended to confirm that the impression of her having expressed a personal view was widely shared across the spectrum of opinion on the issue".</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/bbc-newsreader-who-corrected-pregnant-people-to-women-during-live-broadcast-broke-impartiality-rules/99479fca-c542-48b7-b4be-4923e953248e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>Harry Potter</span></em><span> author JK Rowling, who has been </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/world/jk-rowling-scathing-message-for-harry-potter-actor-emma-watson-on-x/b88cbded-3ee2-4ad2-98ec-4840dde2a5ff" rel="" target="_blank" title="criticised for her controversial views on the trans community"><span>criticised for her controversial views on the trans community</span></a><span>, was among those who praised Croxall at the time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the time Croxall noted on X that she had gained followers after the broadcast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ECU also noted "giving the strong impression of expressing a personal view on a controversial matter, even if inadvertently, falls short of the BBC's expectations of its presenters and journalists in relation to impartiality, the ECU upheld the complaints".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The unit said Croxall was "reacting to scripting, which somewhat clumsily incorporated phrases from the press release accompanying the research, including 'the aged', which is not the BBC style, and 'pregnant people', which did not match what Dr Mistry said in the clip which followed".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>