![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/bbc-journo-asks-entrepreneur-if-shed-considered-starting-a-knitting-business/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/crop-24055570.jpg&description=Exclusive 'SEXISM' FURY Published : 23:02, 20 Sep 2023 Updated : 23:02, 20 Sep 2023 A BBC reporter has been accused of being sexist after asking a successful entrepreneur if she wished she had started a knitting business. Adam Shaw was talking to Kylie Aldridge, who runs transport and food businesses, about the current economic turbulence on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. 2 BBC reporter Adam Shaw has been accused of being sexist after asking a successful entrepreneur if she wished she had started a knitting business Credit: Twitter 2 Adam Shaw was talking to Kylie Aldridge, who runs transport and food businesses Credit: Alamy The business reporter asked: 'Have you ever thought of opening a knitting business or something? Kylie laughed awkwardly before saying: 'Well, no.' Shaw, 49, then added: 'You're going to stick with the tough decisions.' It brought a furious response from listeners. Angry Dai Charles hit out: 'Cannot believe my ears – on BBC Radio 4 Today I've just heard the 'business' expert Adam ask the founder of K A Logistics Kylie Aldridge if she 'wishes she opened a knitting business'. 'Has he not caught the anti-sexist, misogynistic news trend?" Sarah Driver said: 'What a patronising statement and question – you're a busy woman with a transport and food business – ever wished you'd opened a knitting business??!! 'A man would never even be questioned about two businesses let alone an additional beer/car business!!' And among many furious listeners, Colette Lloyd said: 'A knitting business? I thought we had moved on. She runs a transport company.' The Today programme, Radio 4's flagship morning show has had its audience fall 12% year on year, from 6.5 million to 5.7 million listeners, according to official figures.){kind=link}
A BBC reporter has been accused of being sexist after asking a successful entrepreneur if she wished she had started a knitting business.
Adam Shaw was talking to Kylie Aldridge, who runs transport and food businesses, about the current economic turbulence on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
The business reporter asked: “Have you ever thought of opening a knitting business or something?
Kylie laughed awkwardly before saying: “Well, no.”
Shaw, 49, then added: “You’re going to stick with the tough decisions.”