A difficult day. i m listening hard. this has been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences. we want to get the right outcome for this. we re working very hard to get that done and i would like to see gary lineker return on air on the bbc. now, with that, we have to listen. i think we think we have to do a bit of thinking about the balance between, you know, how you are delivering impartiality and also the ability for people to particularly freelancers, to say things online. fans attending the leicester game had strong views on gary lineker s expressions of his views. i support him. i m glad to see that all the players and the pundits are supporting him. so hopefully bbc get their finger out and we get it put to bed and we get him back on tv. i m disappointed with . some of his comments. to be honest, i think. he s let himself down. well, i think it s outrageous. he s just expressing an opinion, which happens to be at loggerheads with what the government have said.
For the bbc and we care about our audiences. we want to get the right outcome for this. we are working very hard to get that done. and i would like to see gary lineker return on air. how is the bbc going to climb out of what does feel like a crisis, with popular programmes not fully on air? who better to ask than a man who has sat in the director general s chair, mark thomspon, who had the hot seat during the storm over a trailer that misrepresented the queen, russell brand and jonathan ross s prank calls on the radio, and horror of horrors, a fake competiton at blue peter. small beer perhaps compared to the hyperspeed hyperbole of the 2020s, or is it? mark went on to run the new york times and convert it into a huge digital brand. he s here. and you are now the chair of another huge online business. welcome to you. how has the organisation found itself in this mess? i mean, this seems completely out of control. most importantly, popular programmes
Match of the day would be shown, but cut to just 20 minutes, with no presentation, interviews or commentary ofany kind. i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they haven t got the programming. this has been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences. we want to get the right outcome for this and we are working very hard to get that done. i would like to see gary lineker return on air on the bbc. so, amid a saga that s once again shown the extent to which football and politics now overlap, how did fans attending matches like these in leicester, feel about the lineker row? you should be allowed to have free speech. on his posts, he s not referenced match of the day or anything like that, you know what i mean? he said his opinion. the only reason the bbc are bothered is because he s got millions of viewers. i m disappointed with some of his comments, to be honest. i think he s let himself down. i do believe in freedom of speech, you should be
This is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m maryam moshiri. our top stories: the row over bbc impartiality continues after the sports presenter gary lineker criticised the uk government over its asylum bill. this has been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences and we want to get the right outcome for this. we are working very hard to get that done and i would like to see gary lineker return on air. gary lineker, who was ordered to step back from his duties by the bbc this week, remains tight lipped about his future. have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? i’m have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? , ., ., ., .,