PRESENTER ON BBC RADIO 4 TAKEN OFF AIR
A BBC presenter was taken off air due to impartiality issues after she expressed solidarity with colleague and equal pay campaigner Carrie Gracie.
Winifred Robinson, presenter on Radio 4 show You And Yours, was a notable absentee from Tuesday's edition of the radio show, two days after posting her views on the BBC.
Ms Gracie, the BBC's former China editor, took a dramatic stand on the issue and accused her employer of unlawful salary discrimination.
Ms Robinson, too, wrote: "Superb journalist, great China Editor. What a mess to lose her from that post.
It was one of around 150 tweets and retweets addressing Ms Gracie's accusations to feature on Ms Robinson's Twitter account.
Her removal from Tuesday's edition of the consumer-focussed radio show meant she was not present to join in the discussion which focused on equal pay.
The BBC reported, however, that she was only pulled from that edition of the programme, and would return to the airwaves as scheduled.
Winifred Robinson, presenter on Radio 4 show You And Yours, was a notable absentee from Tuesday's edition of the radio show, two days after posting her views on the BBC.
Ms Gracie, the BBC's former China editor, took a dramatic stand on the issue and accused her employer of unlawful salary discrimination.
Ms Robinson, too, wrote: "Superb journalist, great China Editor. What a mess to lose her from that post.
It was one of around 150 tweets and retweets addressing Ms Gracie's accusations to feature on Ms Robinson's Twitter account.
Her removal from Tuesday's edition of the consumer-focussed radio show meant she was not present to join in the discussion which focused on equal pay.
The BBC reported, however, that she was only pulled from that edition of the programme, and would return to the airwaves as scheduled.