“People would roll their car windows down as they drive past me in the street to ask me ‘what f***ing lies you’re going to be telling on TV tonight, you f***ing lying b****’,” she told Rhys Evans, a BBC Wales executive.
Attacks on Smith escalated after she suggested during a live 10 O’Clock News broadcast in May 2020 Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, “enjoyed” being able to distinguish herself in combating the Covid pandemic.
Sturgeon furiously denied this on Twitter and said she found the Covid crisis stressful and unpleasant.
A BBC spokesperson said: “The safety of our journalists is paramount, and while we wouldn’t comment on individual cases.
“We have a range of measures in place to support our staff, both online and in person.
“No journalist should have to put up with the kind of abuse described by Sarah. There should be no place for it in journalism or any other aspect of public life.”
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Published at Sun, 20 Feb 2022 13:10:00 +0000
Sarah Smith ‘targeted by Scot nationalists for being daughter of MP John Smith’ – Portillo
