BBC Radio 1 apologises for ‘ironic’ sexist tweet
BBC Radio 1 has apologised over a sexist tweet issued by its Breakfast Show which asked listeners whether or not they thought Hannah Reid of London Grammar was ‘fit’.The ‘ironic’ message was posted early yesterday morning alongside a photo of the band, drawing an immediate rebuke from outraged tweeters, over its offending nature. It read: "We all think that the girl from @londongrammar is fit. Let us know if you agree on 81199 #ladz".Following a number of complaints the tweet was deleted and the station issued a follow-up tweet saying:
Our tweet earlier about Hannah from @londongrammar was meant to be ironic, but we got it wrong. We're sorry.
— BBC Radio1 Breakfast (@R1Breakfast) September 10, 2013This was followed by:So we've deleted the original tweet from this morning now. We're aware its been RT'ed a lot…
— BBC Radio1 Breakfast (@R1Breakfast) September 10, 2013