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Independence of the bbc and the independence of the bbc and the independence of the bbc is a bedrock and independence from government and opposition and from commercial pressures, from particular pieces of people who protest, and the whole issue of our impartiality as a board dwells on the fact that we are independent that we have independence of thought and of opinion. that for me is absolutely fundamental. i would opinion. that for me is absolutely fundamental. iwould have opinion. that for me...

Trump appointee. has made some conservative rulings like this. so that is the slow encroachment on the courts and on their credibility and impartiality in the supreme courthouse. record approval at this point. so this worries me. i am a reporter. i tried to as i keep saying. i am show. as they get to the facts in the courts need to do the same they need players on either side of the parts of divide. >> coming up. the latest on the roar in ukraine. and the prison wall street journal reporter evan...

That that becomes your whole way of thinking. and so thats, thats, i think a bit how it works. one thing i was going to ask you, i guess, is what why did you decide to do frontlines ofjournalism now? what was the kind of trigger for it? well, ill tell you exactly. georgia catt, the producer, contacted me and said, "are you interested in doing something about impartiality?" and i thought, that is very interesting. its very timely. and then we talked about it and we thought, well, actually, its, i...

So it broadened out then. and when people ask me what the series was about, i said, well, i think its really about the obstacles that lie between a journalist and getting to the truth. and being impartial is one way of evading some of those obstacles. there are other things youve got to think about as well, which is what we go into. so the whole thing broadened out because if you just looked at impartiality, it was just, it was going to be a little one dimensional. and actually, i think it made ...

Was produced at the request of our staff network, bbc pride. 0ur guidance on impartiality is there to protect bbcjournalists and the bbc. and as we have made clear in the past, there is not and never has been a ban on staff attending pride events, and they pointed us to this wording in the guidance. the bbc fully supports our lgbtq+ staff and for most staff and in the majority of circumstances, it is appropriate to attend pride events and your manager will support you in this. however, colleague...

In doing so, you demonstrate a disdain for the history of the conflict and the truth itself. as an avid viewer of bbc news, ifeel let down and betrayed and feel that i can no longer trust your impartiality. the bbc put out a statement in response to complaints like that, saying: while this was a legitimate subject to examine in the interview, we apologise that the language used in this line of questioning was not phrased well and was inappropriate. the process by which the former senior civil se...

If a reporter is fawning over an event, a celebrity or a musician or someone from sport, its not news. the annual pride parade in central london last weekend attracted more than 30,000 participants, and it coincided with the revival of a debate that started three years ago over bbc staff attending such events. an article in an online newspaper marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community claimed the bbc had re—issued guidance advising news staff not to attend overt pride pr...

Your majesties, as neighbours in faith, we acknowledge - the value of public service. we unite with people i of all faiths and beliefs in thanksgiving, and in service i with you for the common good. may god prolong your days with happiness and your. years with well— being. namo buddha, i supplicate the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the three times and ten directions to bestow their blessings upon your majesties. may wisdom be your crown, compassion your sceptre and loving kindness your orb, ador...

Earlier that the justice is chipping away at rights little by little. do you think they realize that they too are chipping away, not only in the publics confidence in. them but pulled legitimacy that the americans held in the decisions that were coming out of the supreme court. do they recognize that their legitimacy has been somewhat eroded? >> i think they. do theyre extremely defensive about it. youve seen justice alito for example give this extraordinarily petulant speech complaining that pe...