A very common fault among the speakers and journalists of various media is the use of the relative pronoun "that " instead of " who " in much of the time in which right would be to use the latter.
In my humble opinion, "that "Is a pronoun apply to animals and things, while" who "has the exclusive use when referring to people.
However, it is becoming less uncommon to find situations where using the pronoun "that " to replace a person, which, again, I think it is a misnomer that we should avoid all but mainly those who can exert much influence on society to act from a public platform or from half mass communication.
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