or not, but i say i am not enthusiastic about a lot of politicians. in my mind, they kind of all suck, i will vote for the one that sucks less? that is not very optimistic, that point of view. it is hard to get excited. but at the same time, in the interest of being pragmatic, i, george, you, jonathan, and you rashad, you will not get everything that you want, we will not get everything we want, that is the nature of the beast. joining us now is stacey stevenson, ceo of family equality. you perspective on this. because, you know, george is expressing, there are folks who are saying, you know, i am not enthusiastic about these folks. george says, look. you do not get everything you want, we must be pragmatic. do you think that the supreme court s decision that overturned roe, where justice thomas said we should go after griswold, the right to contraception, and lawrence,
well, it s important, ithink, that we always stick to our editorial charter. and there are things that do slip through the net. i mean, this is the nature of the beast. i mean, the bbc itself has sanctions and there are issues that have happened with sky news over time. but i think in the main, considering we re producing 6,000 hours of television a year, we ve done a really good job of ensuring that we stay within the bounds of our editorial charter. and that s something that we do take very seriously. also in your charter, you talk about putting facts first, and we ve already discussed where opinion fits into reporting and how those two things interact. would you consider what nigel farage and dan wootton are doing as news journalism? i think i would. i would more appropriately categorise that as opinion. it s not. it is. ultimately, we re a journalism business, but we have to be able to talk about issues in a very free and open way.
any way sanctioned for that, so i m just trying to understand how you draw the line for all of your on air presenters and reporters. what can they do? what can t they do? well, it s important, ithink, that we always stick to our editorial charter. and there are things that do slip through the net. i mean, this is the nature of the beast. i mean, the bbc itself has sanctions and there are issues that have happened with sky news over time. but i think in the main, considering we re producing 6,000 hours of television a year, we ve done a really good job of ensuring that we stay within the bounds of our editorial charter. and that s something that we do take very seriously. also in your charter, you talk about putting facts first, and we ve already discussed where opinion fits into reporting and how those two things interact. would you consider what nigel farage and dan wootton are doing as news journalism? i think i would i would more appropriately categorise that as opinion.
and there are things that do slip through the net. i mean, this is the nature of the beast. i mean, the bbc itself has sanctions and there are issues that have happened with sky news over time. but i think in the main, considering we re producing 6,000 hours of television a year, we ve done a really good job of ensuring that we stay within the bounds of our editorial charter. and that s something that we do take very seriously. also in your charter, you talk about putting facts first, and we ve already discussed where opinion fits into reporting and how those two things interact. would you consider what nigel farage and dan wootton are doing as news journalism? i think i would. i would more appropriately categorise that as opinion. it s not. it is. ultimately, we re a journalism business, but we have to be able to talk about issues in a very free and open way. and we do that. again, there are facts involved.
slip through the net. i mean, this is the nature of the beast. i mean, the bbc itself has sanctions and there are issues that have happened with sky news over time. but i think in the main, considering we re producing 6,000 hours of television a year, we ve done a really good job of ensuring that we stay within the bounds of our editorial charter. and that s something that we do take very seriously. also in your charter, you talk about putting facts first, and we ve already discussed where opinion fits into reporting and how those two things interact. would you consider what nigel farage and dan wootton are doing as news journalism? i think i would. i would more appropriately categorise that as opinion. it s not. it is. ultimately, we re a journalism business, but we have to be able to talk about issues in a very free and open way. and we do that. again, there are facts involved.