Then a coterie of others following a solidarity, leaving the schedules were today on tv and radio, ripped up. that, as you heard tim davie there, for serving audiences that is a disaster. when it comes to impartiality, he has made this an absolute cornerstone of his leadership of the bbc, and the bbc of the future. as the man at the top of the organisation, he believes as do many others within the bbc, that that is crucial to survival in the future. it is clear from listening to that interview that the olive branch is being offered, he said the benchmark of success for the bbc is having gary lineker back on the telly, there is no doubt about that. changes are coming to clear up the grey area and ambiguity when it comes to bbc editorial guidelines. they are very important guidelines so, if on the other hand we get a firming up of editorial guidelines and less grey area, less ambiguity for gary lineker and plenty of other presenters going forward when it
And that s where i am. i am really focused on getting to a solution, working quickly together to make it happen. i m going to wrap up shortly, but you ve suspended gary lineker for an anti government tweet. and, of course, there are questions being asked about richard sharp, the chairman of the bbc, who is being investigated forfacilitating a loan for the former prime minister, borisjohnson. why is he still in a job? well, to be very clear, we asked gary to step back. in terms of the chairman, i have a lot of responsibilities in this job for thousands of people, one thing i don t do is the appointment of the chair, and it s a different process. you know, the way in which the board is hired, and that role is a different thing to editorially, me running the bbc, making those decisions, trying to be fair, and getting a bbc that is truly impartial. and boy, we should be fighting for this in this world, calmly, rationally fighting for a bbc that really actually champions free speech.
The bbc is not acting impartially in the directorate general making impression italic impartiality has been. turning to sports programming, has disruptive has spent two bbc sports programme includes hugely. this is the most important thing for millions of people across the uk who expect to see match of the day, which has been going on it s the centrepiece at the bbc s coverage of sport, it has been on the schedule since the 1960s. that is not happening, not in the usual form that is not happening, not in the usualform tonight, anyway, much reduced programme down to 20 minutes. radio sports coverage as well, that was minutes. radio sports coverage as well. that wa minutes. radio sports coverage as well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds. well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds let s well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds. let s have well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds. let s have a well, that was absolutely ripped to shreds. let s have a listen - well, that wa
Scale of that satellite about how people felt about the actions they have been that have been taken at the very top of the bbc and how they felt about 20 gary lineker has done. the other issue going forward are the editorial guidelines, it s absolutely crucial to the circuiting organisation. 0ur bbc careers are built around that book, but that sits in the office is. there s also theissue sits in the office is. there s also the issue about discipline, how you discipline freelance members of staff. this is not the first time gary lineker has run into trouble. 0ne gary lineker has run into trouble. one of the trade unions at the bbc spoke today earlier about how to deal with that issue in particular. the it the of the bbc to take action against a staff and iiess the it the of the bbc to take action against a staff an against a staff and less famous freelancer against a staff and less famous freelancer as against a staff and less famous freelancer as if against a staff and less f
It s been a difficult day, and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they haven t got the programming. as a keen sports fan, i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow, and i am sorry about that. we are working very hard to resolve the situation and make sure that we get output back on air. and i think that he is an outstanding broadcaster. he s a brilliant broadcaster. and to be clear, success for me is gary gets back on air and together we are giving to the audiences that world class sports coverage, which as i say, i m sorry we haven t been able to deliver today. gary lineker has made lots of comments before you allowed him to criticise the qatari government on the bbc. why was this different? is it because he attacked the uk government?