Middle of the heart, and she wouldnt be prosecuted. Meanwhile, the pundits keep critiquing donald trump, but he is gaining ground. Both nationally and in swing states, leading democrats to wonder, why isnt she doing better . Also, in the closest thing to a debate that we have had so far, the big loser was the moderator, matt lauer. Will the medias Rough Treatment of lauer impact moderators of the real debates. And as we mark the 15th anniversary of 9 11, congress has just approved letting victims sue saudi arabia. But will the president stop that with a veto . I will ask the nations first secretary of homeland security, tom ridge. But first, both candidates said shocking things last night that will only perpetuate their high negatives. Theres a third party in the race, fighting its way to the debate stage. And the libertarian ticket, gary johnson and bill weld, will be joining me later in the program. This week, johnson finally became a National Name in the president ial race, but not
to get those things. yeah, i think that they re probably the only place you can get those things in a television environment, certainly. you have a breadth of subject matter and viewpoints that exist in print media here in the united kingdom that really have not been part of the culture of broadcastjournalism. certainly in my experience, journalism generally comes from the left of centre. and you. despite the fact the uk press, for example, has many more newspapers that skew to the right than to the left? well. but i think it s important to remember that we are talking about broadcast here, that i think the distinction between itv or itn, sky and bbc, is very much of a certain viewpoint, whereas we saw an opportunity to broaden out that conversation, to have conversations that really are, if you like, a centre right perspective, but also including viewpoints from the left. we have nearly got as many labour mps coming on gb news now as we have conservative mps, and that is because we wa
by ofcom, you haven t come a cropper with the ofcom regulators, but let s talk away from the ofcom rules and simply about the nature of balanced programming. a little while ago, you were referencing the fact you want to hear all perspectives. in fact, i think the company which is the parent company is called all perspectives. but for example, i was watching dan wootton a few days ago. there was a lengthy segment with nigel farage where dan wootton agreed with everything that nigel farage said on immigration. he then interviewed jim davidson, where he agreed with almost everything jim davidson said about cancel culture. now, the viewers might like that, but it s not a balanced discussion, it s not a impartial discussion, because the presenter is agreeing with the guests a lot of the time. but that is not a news bulletin, as such. and i think you need to understand that, actually, there is a breadth of voices across the schedule on the channel and that is an important part of any rolling
bbc news and talktv now. andrew neil has subsequently said of his involvement, his mistake was putting his name on the tin without understanding what would be inside it. what did you want this network to be when you sat down with him, when you sat down with others? what was the plan? the plan has never changed. and in fact, i think that when andrew made that comment, it was more probably around the fact that he found the start up environment difficult rather than there was. there was no shift or no leap to any direction left, right, up, down, whatever. what we are delivering today is exactly what we promised right from the start broad, opinion based programming where we talk about things that often are not talked about in the broader media landscape. but if i look at the programming that you re putting out and the subjects you re discussing, from the royal family to immigration to cancel culture, this is hardly the only place i can go
and we do that. again, there are facts involved. the facts are checked, and they do go through a process. and if we get something wrong, we say we ve got it wrong, just like any good journalism business. well, let s take a couple of examples on that. 0n the 30th of may on michelle dewberry s programme, you had a guest talking about climate change who said that sea levels weren t really rising sea levels are rising, the facts are are out there and yet you didn t have a scientist on with that guest to correct it. or we could take mark steyn, another of your presenters. he s in the evening. michelle dewberry s a little bit earlier on. full fact, the fact checking operation, found that he was wrong to state that a covid booster increases your chances of hospitalisation and death. is it a concern to you that these kind of statements which aren t true are getting through the net? well, i think it s very important to remember that we answer to a regulator,