The Trials of Oscar Pistorius (BBC iPlayer) was widely criticised when it appeared last week for not including the name of Pistorius’s victim, his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The documentary was accused of erasing Steenkamp, a paralegal and model, in favour of sensationalising her celebrity-athlete, white male killer.
Dr Fern Riddell, a historian, tweeted that “In seven years [since the murder], with all that’s supposedly changed about editorial practice and how we talk about these stories, she’s just back to being the unnamed girlfriend.” Steenkamp’s mother, June, said she “shook with anger” when she heard about it.The BBC quickly pulled the trailer and its mea culpa department issued one of its usual contrite notes. “We are aware of the.
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