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Government of the day, and i mr sharps case the poor by minister borisjohnson. questions have been asked about introductions mr sharp made between mrjohnson and a man who went on to guarantee a loan for the former prime minister. now again, this latest impartiality controversy follows a high—profile bbc presenter sharing personal views on a party political policy. this will be a deeply uncomfortable position for trust conscious bbc.- uncomfortable position for trust conscious bbc. lets step ba...

Very strict rules of impartiality, quite rightly. but outside of news coverage in the entertainment field, as greg dyke said, there has always been discretion for bbc presenters, personalities to express their views, and thats the right way to go. steven barnett, professor of communications at the university of westminster. we have asked someone from the bbc to come on to talk about this so if they agree to that we will bring you that. the us treasury has moved to reassure investors after the la...

Minister. back to gary lineker, she said someone has been cancelled for having a view that the government didnt like. as he has been attempting to tackle impartiality and the one hand with gary lineker, saying it is one of his biggest priorities, the bbc director general trying to tackle the gary lineker case has seen it now snowball into questions about the director—general�*s own impartiality and pressure on the corporation is now having to face all of these questions on multiple fronts. d...

Then why should anybody else, whos paid less, - obey the guidelines? and the bbc has to be impartial and perceived to be impartial. i and for the bbc, there is another issue hanging over it — its chairman. there is an ongoing inquiry into richard sharps role in a loan made to borisjohnson which has raised many questions about his appointment and impartiality, but this weekend, its all about gary lineker, with presenters lining up to say they will not be replacing him. match of the day will tak...

Welcome to bbc news. us regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, the biggest banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis. the bbc�*s star football presenter gary lineker has been suspended over social media comments he made criticising the british governments asylum policy. as editor in chief of the bbc, i think one of our founding principles is impartiality — and thats what were delivering on. asylum policy was centre stage in paris, where the uk promises france hundreds of millio...

Then why should anybody else, whos paid less, - obey the guidelines? and the bbc has to be impartial and perceived to be impartial. i and for the bbc, there is another issue hanging over it. its chairman. there is an ongoing inquiry into richard sharps role in a loan made to borisjohnson which has raised many questions about his appointment and impartiality, but this weekend, its all about gary lineker, with presenters lining up to say they will not be replacing him. match of the day will take p...

This is bbc news — welcome if youre watching here in the uk or around the globe. im lucy gray. our top stories... the bbc says it is "working hard to resolve the situation" after a number of sports presenters pulled out of programmes this afternoon in a show of solidarity with the presenter gary lineker, whos been suspended for criticising government asylum policy. the bbc director general insists impartiality rules need to be upheld. but the opposition labour party accuses bosses of bowing to...

Comes to impartiality and personal political views. the body language of gary lineker seen at a football match that they markedly different from the director general of the bbc. the former director general greg bike said the bbc had undermined its own credibility as it appeared that it bowed to government pressure. the director general saying that it is not about left or right but that has not stopped politicians weighing in. an unusual comment from rishi sunak at five, six oclock on a saturday,...

But there is a clause in the rules, saying if you have a high profile, there is an extra responsibility. if you allow the most highly—paid presenter on the bbc to breach the guidelines in a way that the bbc says he has, then why should anybody else who is paid less obey the guidelines? and the bbc has to be impartial and perceived to be impartial. and for the bbc, there is another issue hanging over it — its chairman. there is an ongoing enquiry into richard sharps role in a loan made to bor...

The bbc says it will have a "frank conversation" with match of the day presenter gary lineker, after he compared the language used to launch the governments immigration policy to 1930s germany and called it "immeasurably cruel". the home secretary says gary linkeker�*s comments on twitter were "disappointing and unhelpful". this morning mr lineker has been tweeting again, saying he would "continue to try and speak up for those poor souls that have no voice". our culture and media editor katie ...