BBC World Service Radio Presenter”Faranak Amidi” in London

“There’s a disturbing trend of journalists referring to sex offenders (esp. white males) by their accomplishments first (eg. Brock Turner being referred to as “Stanford swimmer” in headlines). I think it’s important for the media to be aware of the ways in which (usually) male perpetrators are cast as sympathetic characters while (usually) female victims are cast as unreliable, dangerous, immoral, etc. I feel that too often the reporting of female victims centres around questions of her morality.”