Sky News political editor trolled over 'speech impediment'
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Sky News political editor Beth Rigby has revealed that she's had a wikipedia page about her hacked to include a section entitled 'severe speech impediment'.
The television journalist told her 132,000 followers on Twitter that she'd been chastised by the social media troll for not pronouncing words ending in 'g' correctly.
Rigby, 43, quipped: 'Someone has been kind enough to update my Wikipedia page. I don't know what they're talkin about'.
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Sky New's political editor Beth Rigby told her 132,000 followers that her Wikipedia page had been edited by a critic, who included a section called 'severe speech impediment' and suggested that the journalist 'should not be allowed to work in broadcast media'
Anyone can edit a Wikipedia page, as the television journalist discovered. The section has since been removed by the encyclopedia's editors
Rigby pictured during a live broadcast with Sky News anchor Kay Burley
The mischievous edit to the online encyclopedia entry stated: 'She vehemently refuses to ever pronounce the ending G in words, which makes her sound like an uneducated idiot who should not be allowed to work in broadcast media.'
The harsh critique continued: 'This is an affectation, although others have tried to call it a speech impediment'.
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Twitter supporters leapt to Rigby's defence after she posted a copy of the edited page on social media.
Ghostofbrexit wrote: 'Very bitter but treat it as a compliment that someone would go to that effort. They are obviously threatened.'
TV economist Liam Halligan revealed he'd experienced similar comments while broadcasting, saying: 'This kind of "speech snobbery" from viewers is really nasty. I used to get it in spades when I was on Channel 4 News - and sometimes still do. Don't even think about trying to change your accent. Not that you ever would.'
The television journalist, who studied at Cambridge, has worked for the broadcaster since 2016
The offending section about Rigby on the online encyclopedia site has now been removed
However, others agreed with the mystery Wiki editor, with one user suggesting they 'switched off' when Rigby appeared on screen.
While online encyclopedia Wikipedia has its own set of volunteer editors, anyone can update information on articles as long as they have internet access, writing what they choose until it's spotted by an editor or a complaint is raised.
The offending section on Beth Rigby has now been removed.
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The television journalist told her 132,000 followers on Twitter that she'd been chastised by the social media troll for not pronouncing words ending in 'g' correctly.
Rigby, 43, quipped: 'Someone has been kind enough to update my Wikipedia page. I don't know what they're talkin about'.
Scroll down for video
Sky New's political editor Beth Rigby told her 132,000 followers that her Wikipedia page had been edited by a critic, who included a section called 'severe speech impediment' and suggested that the journalist 'should not be allowed to work in broadcast media'
Anyone can edit a Wikipedia page, as the television journalist discovered. The section has since been removed by the encyclopedia's editors
Rigby pictured during a live broadcast with Sky News anchor Kay Burley
The mischievous edit to the online encyclopedia entry stated: 'She vehemently refuses to ever pronounce the ending G in words, which makes her sound like an uneducated idiot who should not be allowed to work in broadcast media.'
The harsh critique continued: 'This is an affectation, although others have tried to call it a speech impediment'.
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Twitter supporters leapt to Rigby's defence after she posted a copy of the edited page on social media.
Ghostofbrexit wrote: 'Very bitter but treat it as a compliment that someone would go to that effort. They are obviously threatened.'
TV economist Liam Halligan revealed he'd experienced similar comments while broadcasting, saying: 'This kind of "speech snobbery" from viewers is really nasty. I used to get it in spades when I was on Channel 4 News - and sometimes still do. Don't even think about trying to change your accent. Not that you ever would.'
The television journalist, who studied at Cambridge, has worked for the broadcaster since 2016
The offending section about Rigby on the online encyclopedia site has now been removed
However, others agreed with the mystery Wiki editor, with one user suggesting they 'switched off' when Rigby appeared on screen.
While online encyclopedia Wikipedia has its own set of volunteer editors, anyone can update information on articles as long as they have internet access, writing what they choose until it's spotted by an editor or a complaint is raised.
The offending section on Beth Rigby has now been removed.
Should you adored this article along with you desire to get more details about Cheap Wiki Backlinks generously visit our own page.
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