In Britain, the former editor of the BBC’s China desk, Carrie Gracie, told members of Parliament Wednesday that the BBC is failing to abide by pay equity laws by paying men more than women. Gracie recently stepped down after serving three decades at the BBC, accusing the publicly funded broadcaster of “secretive and illegal” behavior.

Carrie Gracie: “You know, we’re not in the business of producing toothpaste or tires at the BBC. Our business is truth. We can’t operate without the truth. If we’re not prepared to look at ourselves honestly, how can we be trusted to look at anything else in our reporting honestly? It just won’t do. It can’t be a starting place, to not deal with the facts.”