no, because it s a private matter! let s talk about impartiality, because the bbc wants it to be front and centre of what it gives to the british public in terms of its information and news. yes. there have been significant questioning of that from inside or at least from insidejournalism. emily maitlis, for example who you know very well, a former bbcjournalist who s now working in the private sector she has suggested that the bbc in the recent past has been cowed in the way it s covered politics. she was particularly looking at the boris johnson premiership and the way the bbc handled one of the covid controversies. she expressed she made an introduction to a programme which the bbc decided was not right, it was not impartial. she says the bbc has been cowed. what do you think? erm, overcautious maybe a bit. maybe because of the threat from borisjohnson to through nadine dorries to undermine the bbc, get rid of the licence fee, bring the bbc to heel. i mean, i think it s pa
because the bbc wants it to be front and centre of what it gives to the british public in terms of its information and news. yes. there has been significant questioning of that from inside or at least from insidejournalism. emily maitlis, for example who you know very well, a former bbcjournalist who s working now in the private sector she has suggested that the bbc in the recent past has been cowed in the way it s covered politics. she was particularly looking at the boris johnson premiership and the way the bbc handled one of the covid controversies. she expressed she made an introduction to a programme which the bbc decided was not right, it was not impartial. she says the bbc has been cowed. what do you think? erm, overcautious, maybe, a bit. maybe because of the threat from borisjohnson to through nadine dorries to undermine the bbc, get rid of the licence fee, bring the bbc to heel. i mean, i think it s part of that syndrome that the bbc can become overcautious. i happe
through nadine dorries to undermine the bbc, get rid of the licence fee, bring the bbc to heel. i mean, i think it s part of that syndrome that the bbc can become overcautious. i happen to think the things that emily and i said it publicly and i ve said it to her said about the covid expedition of cummings to have his eyes tested, that it was clearly false. i thought that was not the right thing for her to say, that s all. but i think on the broader picture, the idea of the bbc s impartiality is important to defend and the bbc has to understand that all prime ministers attack the bbc, all prime ministers try and undermine the bbc, all prime ministers think they hold the whip hand through the licence fee. so, the bbc has to appeal, in a way, over the head of the politicians, to the public, to its audience, and say, we re not frightened of government.
because i work for the bbc. i m impartial. no, because it s a private matter! let s talk about impartiality, because the bbc wants it to be front and centre of what it gives to the british public in terms of its information and news. yes. there has been significant questioning of that from inside or at least from insidejournalism. emily maitlis, for example who you know very well, a former bbcjournalist who s working now in the private sector she has suggested that the bbc in the recent past has been cowed in the way it s covered politics. she was particularly looking at the boris johnson premiership and the way the bbc handled one of the covid controversies. she expressed she made an introduction to a programme which the bbc decided was not right, it was not impartial. she says the bbc has been cowed. what do you think? erm, overcautious, maybe, a bit. maybe because of the threat from borisjohnson to through nadine dorries to undermine the bbc, get rid of the licence fee, br
bring the bbc to heel. i mean, i think it s part of that syndrome that the bbc can become overcautious. i happen to think the things that emily, and i said it publicly and i ve said it to her, said about the covid expedition of cummings to have his eyes tested, that it was clearly false. i thought that was not the right thing for her to say, that s all. but i think on the broader picture, the idea of the bbc s impartiality is important to defend. and the bbc has to understand that all prime ministers attack the bbc, all prime ministers try and undermine the bbc. all prime ministers think they hold the whip hand through the licence fee, so the bbc has to appeal, in a way, over the head of the politicians, to the public, to its audience, and say, we re not frightened of government. it s easy to attack them for being frightened of government. impartiality?