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impartiality. his own position makes that resolution of this problem almost impossible. and i think if he can go and then everything calms down a bit, then there could be a calm discussion about how these social media rules apply, who they apply to, why they have been applied to gary lineker in this case and not to, for example, andrew neil or lord sugar, and let the bbc think about the way in which it wants to implement those social media guidelines. in my view, there needs to be a lot more discretion for free speech outside of its news coverage. because as you well know, you are obliged to follow very strict rules of impartiality, quite rightly. but outside of news coverage in the entertainment field, as greg bike said, there has always been discretion for bbc presenters, personalities to express their views, that s the right way to go.
but i think, actually, the correct response now, because it has blown up in the way it has, is for the chairman to resign, to say that it s clear that this is now a question, a big question mark, over the whole of the bbc s output and commitment to impartiality. his own position makes that resolution of this problem almost impossible. and i think if he can go and then everything calms down a bit, then there could be a calm discussion about how these social media rules apply, who they apply to, why they have been applied to gary lineker in this case and not to, for example, andrew neil or lord sugar. and let the bbc think about the way
because it has blown up in the way it has, is for the chairman to resign, to say that it s clear that this is now a question, a big question mark over the whole of the bbc s output and commitment to impartiality. his own position makes that resolution of this problem almost impossible. and i think if he can go and then everything calms down a bit, then there could be a calm discussion about how these social media rules apply, who they apply to, why they have been applied to gary lineker in this case and not to, for example, andrew neil or lord sugar, and let the bbc think about the way in which it wants to implement those social media guidelines. in my view, there needs to be a lot more discretion for free speech outside of its news coverage. because, as you well know, you are obliged to follow