hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the white house has delivered its well expected solo against china. it has announced a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics and prolific games in protest at the country by the human rights record. the move has been broadly welcomed across the political divide in the us although it does only apply to diplomatic and political figures, certainly not to athletes who have been given the white house seal of approval to take part. beijing 2022. as the snow settles, olympic venues are taking shape, but the pinnacle of sport is no stranger to politics. the us has drawn a line, saying it won t contribute to the fanfare, nor pretend it s business as usual in the face of china s egregious human rights record. the biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympic games given the prc s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in xin
Sitting in the match of the day studio, i will not be replacing gary lineker, and it was presenters, pundits, commentators, and even players there was a great deal of support. and the interesting thing is, there are two elements to this. there are people who support gary lineker s politics and oppose gary lineker s politics and oppose gary lineker s politics, and then there is another issue does he have a right to say what he wanted to say, or should hejust right to say what he wanted to say, or should he just shut up because right to say what he wanted to say, or should hejust shut up because he is on the bbc? i think those are separate issues, and a lot of people think, you know what, i love him as a sports presenter, i think you should be allowed to say what he wants to say, and a lot of people think, if you are paid that amount of money and you are the face of the bbc, i think you should be impartial. bbc, i think you should be impartial- bbc, i think you should be impartial.
Ripped up by people like lee anderson and the home secretary are going to surpass a proper strategy to meet the needs of the country, and i suspect what happened over the weekend is a lot of these mps have gone back to the constituencies and their children and their friends and neighbours and constituents have said to them what on earth are you people trying to do! think this is a good day for the bbc because it has shown it can stand up to the kind of right wing creeping authoritarianism which this governing these governing party are in the group because of an extremist fringe that has taken over. i m very pleased for gary, i m especially pleased that his very first game back in the chair will involve burnley football club, and i hope that the burnley fans willjoin me in the away end singing gary s name before we turn to the more serious matter of beating manchester city. away from
Between the sports presenter gary lineker and the bbc. in the last few minutes, we have had this statement from director general of the bbc, tim davie. everyone recognises this has been a difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters and, most importantly, our audiences. i apologise for this. the potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the bbc s social media guidance that was introduced in 2020 is recognised. i want to get matters resolved and our sport content back on air. impartiality is important to the bbc. it is also important to the public. the bbc has a commitment to impartiality in its charter and a commitment to freedom of expression. that is a difficult balancing act to get right where people are subject to different contracts and on air positions, and with different audience and social media profiles. the bbc s social media guidance is designed to help manage these sometimes difficult challenges, and i am aware there is a need to ensure that t