BBC men joke about the gender pay gap in leaked conversation

A leaked transcript has revealed two male BBC journalists joking about the corporation’s gender pay gap just days after a female journalist resigned over the company’s culture of pay inequality. 

Carrie Gracie, the BBC’s China editor, resigned in an open letter after she found out she earned 50 percent less than her male counterparts. 

“With great regret, I have left my post as China Editor to speak out publicly on a crisis of trust at the BBC,” wrote Gracie, who’s been at the BBC for three decades. 

“I believe you have a right to know that it [the BBC] is breaking equality law and resisting pressure for a fair and transparent pay structure,” Gracie continues.  Read more…

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