other viewers agreed, including heidi morgan, who recorded this video. martine croxall�*s behaviour on october the 23rd must be viewed as unacceptable by the industry and by viewers. stories need to be reported on in an unbiased manner. journalists are not to side with any individual or party. in my view, croxall�*s behaviour shows poorjudgement and contradicts neutral reporting and possibly breaches the code of conduct on journalism as well. there were also defenders of martine, such asjenny bradley: bbc news were unable to provide someone to talk about this while the matter was being investigated. instead, they pointed us towards this statement, which was issued on monday. we mentioned last week, the concerns of some of you that a sequence of vox pops featuring those who wanted borisjohnson back as prime minister was not representative of the public�*s views, or editorially justified. well, there have been plenty more interviews since then with members of the public. here's a taste of some of them, all from the same 6:00 bulletin on monday. rishi sunak is going to be the new prime minister. what do you think? we need another general election. he's a swing door on number 10. it's all a joke, i though, isn't it? i'm a single mum and we're all struggling financially. i you just need to, like, - get their priorities in order. what do you make of what's been happening in westminster? i don't think it's been good. i think it's right. you know, we voted for- boris johnson and nobody asked us to vote him out and he should have still been in. | his own mps told him to go. you know, i mean, - they're all backstabbers. rishi sunak is a backstabber. here's an anonymous message we received on the newswatch phone line. i, and many people i know, actively dislike i believe they call them �*vox pops�*, i think, where they go out and interview people in the street. now, everyone has their own opinion and i don't really want to know what people in the street think, to be honest. i want to know what experts think. there was one where they asked a lady a question, and her reply was, "i don't know! "i really don't know!" and they broadcast it. well, that view was echoed by brian watson, who wrote: and les may had another concern, wondering, well, let's discuss this with the editor of bbc one news bulletins, paul royall. paul, there's been a lot of vox pops in the past few weeks. too many? i don't necessarily think too many. i mean, there's been a lot of politics around and there's been a lot of — there's been a lot of probably need to find out what the electorate and the public and our audiences think about what's what's been going on. and if you imagine us taking the public out of our coverage, you would have — you would have programmes and content simply full of politicians, with some experts as well. but we do need to find out and try and get an insight into what people are thinking about what has been a pretty unprecedented situation in the uk. so, we had specific complaints on last week's newswatch that vox pops of tory voters seem to be dominated by borisjohnson�*s supporters, which was unrepresentative, and that the coverage could even be accused of fuelling his campaign for a comeback. can you see why? i can see the argument, but that was to do with the place we went to. and so, the key here is always being really clear about where you're going, stating the background and context to where you're going. for example, a labour seat that the conservative party, under borisjohnson, won in 2019. there who could still be supportive of borisjohnson. so it's about being really transparent and upfront about where you're going and who you're talking to. yeah, but as one of the viewers pointed out, you know, pollsters have to show methodology and they have specific formulae that they use. the bbc doesn't have any of those, does it? when it does vox pops, how are they? how are they representative? well, we don't — we don't claim that they are that it's an exact science. we're really clear about where we're going, who we're talking to. and actually, to use the pollsters or the market research example, they do use qualitative research as well as quantitative research. and so, it wouldn't be true to say they don't use qualitative research because obviously, that can at times garner the insights that sums up a particular situation. and so, if we were going to sort of airbrush vox pops out of all our coverage — for example, brenda from bristol in april 2017, when theresa may called — or a lot — of the population were thinking. and perhaps maybe theresa may should be another one. is that when she said "not another one"? "not another one," yeah. what about stereotypes, though? because i can get the sense from talking to you that there's an element of atmosphere and colour that you get with vox pops. but we have had complaints over the years that stereotypes emerge in vox pops. so, for example, canvassing scottish women voters in a beauty parlour. northern cliches — interviewing people in a working men's club. well, obviously we try and avoid stereotyping and cliches. and actually, what i would say is, you know, these these pieces can be difficult to do. and we've got correspondents, very experienced correspondents. the two clips you played, alex forsyth and ed thomas, who really understand the political and social context of the places they're going to. and we don'tjust go to one location or talk to a single group of people. in fact, all the pieces we've had over the last couple of weeks, they've also included businesses business leaders. the piece you played from alex earlier also had a tory member, an activist in it, and so, we do try and get a range and get a real sense of the place and obviously try and avoid any sense of stereotyping. i'm interested in — and i think a lot of viewers are interested in — whether the bbc really monitors who gets used in vox pops and what it reveals. yes, we do monitor and evaluate and assess where we go to, and we do that over time and who we're talking to. and there's a particular thing, i guess, with television news bulletins where you're trying to encapsulate a range of public opinion and insight, which is adding to understanding of the story, perhaps in 2.5 or 3 minutes, as opposed to, say, question time, where you can get insights and an audience feedback, say, over an hour or the nicky campbell phone—in on 5 live and that sort of format. so, there are particular challenges around television news bulletins, but in people like alex forsyth and ed thomas, we have really experienced, expert correspondents who are able to deliver that for us. thank you. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media email us. or you can find us on twitter. you can call us. and do have a look at our website. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello. the weekend weather delivers more of the same of what we've had over the past week — couple of weeks, actually. it'll be very mild, actually. it will feel quite warm when we get see some sunshine. there will be rain at times, too. we have low pressure anchored to the west of the uk at the moment throwing across us at times these rain—bearing weather fronts and even when they're not moving in, there are showers around. but all the while, with some changing for now is the air coming up from the south, keeping temperatures well above the average for this stage of october. another spell of rain moving in overnight and into the mornings through wales and parts of england and actually, a little bit cooler first thing compared with friday morning. some spots in single figures. through the day, this rain is moving its way northwards, so through the morning, northern england, eventually reaching northern ireland and then, through the afternoon spreading north through scotland, not reaching the far north until the evening where some sunshine hangs on for longest. behind it, further heavy showers from northern ireland, northern england, wales and the south—west. much of the midlands, though, especially to east anglia and the south—east, having a fine afternoon and this is where there'll be some hazy sunshine in the south—east, lifting temperatures into the low 20s — 22 degrees celsius in london, compared with an average of i4. rain to northern scotland, then, into the evening. some showers pushing further eastwards we go through saturday night and into sunday morning. a night, of course, where you'll remember to push the clocks back to mark the end of british summer time. and as for temperatures, a little bit higher again as we start off on sunday. there's a lingering weather front east anglia and the south—east during sunday. that will make for a cloudier, cooler day and there'll be some spells of rain unintelligible weatherfront at times. elsewhere, it's sunny spells and there will be showers. and if you catch these, they're likely to be heavy, could come with a rumble of thunder, perhaps some hail as well and gusty winds. it's a windier day on sunday and especially around western coastal areas — there may be some gusts of 50 miles an hour or so — so some coastal gales around here and temperatures into the mostly mid to upper teens. there are weather changes on the way next week. we will still have areas of low pressure, more weather fronts coming our way and, indeed, into monday as it gradually turns wetter toward the end of the day across the south and west of the uk initially. so, more of the same in regards to windy weather next week with rain at times but this is going to be significant — temperatures gradually heading downwards. closer to the average for early november, just the average, but it'll feel very different compared with what we've had.