equally delicate issue in regard to abortion which has of course been prominent in the news since last friday s decision by the us supreme court. that overturned the roe versus wade ruling which made abortion legal across the us, and on saturday morning on radio today, they were discussing the subject with a busy north america editor sarah smith. figs busy north america editor sarah smith. ~ , , ., busy north america editor sarah smith. a i. busy north america editor sarah smith. a ., smith. as you say, for the pro-life smith. as you say, for the pro-life groups smith. as you say, for the pro-life groups for - smith. as you say, for the | pro-life groups for pro-life pro life groups for pro life coalition who have been campaigning for this for many years since roe versus wade actually, they are very ambitious. there is still a lot more they want to achieve. the hrase more they want to achieve. the phrase pro-life more they want to achieve. the phrase pro-life is more
coverage. as at the right way to measure it? to measure it? no, and the technical to measure it? no, and the technical term to measure it? no, and the technical term for- to measure it? no, and the technical term for this, - to measure it? no, and the| technical term for this, both from the bbc and ofcom and other service broadcasters is due impartiality, and that means precisely is not equal time, and the bbc should not be giving equal time to people who believe that there is no such thing as global warming as opposed to people who believe that there is such a thing called global warming, and the reason for that is because there is a body of factual evidence which makes it clear that giving somebody equal time on that is giving equal time to nonsense. d0 on that is giving equal time to nonsense- nonsense. do you think that social media nonsense. do you think that social media has nonsense. do you think that social media has changed i nonsense. do you think that i social media
been scored and you found out about two minutes after the rest of the world. by the way, i am filming this in hd on my phone, but of course if you are watching it on the bbc, you won t be able to watch it hd unless of course you are watching on iplayer. those in charge of the bbc often speak about impartiality being one of the corporation s chief qualities. the perception has grown recently that it is not fulfilling its remit in this regard. when he took up his post in 2020, director general tim davies spoke of the need to restore trust in the bbc s impartiality. last month the culture secretary nadeem doris launched a review into the subject and last week the regulator ofcom published its reviews which found audiences rate the bbc less favourably for impartiality than they do for impartiality than they do for truth and accuracy. on friday the director general told staff it was making progress on its impartiality
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spreading that around can be corrosive. sometimes idsa can be helpful because it correct that error made on screen, but very often what is generating the social media outcry is simple disagreement with something that you have heard orseen something that you have heard or seen because itjust doesn t correspond with your view and take on the issue. take on the issue. three also criticised take on the issue. three also criticised the take on the issue. three also criticised the bbc s take on the issue. three also criticised the bbc s system i take on the issue. three also | criticised the bbc s system of handling complaints. what can be done improve that?- handling complaints. what can be done improve that? ofcom has a oint, be done improve that? ofcom has a point. and be done improve that? ofcom has a point, and some be done improve that? ofcom has a point, and some of be done improve that? ofcom has a point, and some of this - be done improve that? ofcom has a point, and som