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At and focusing on and working with the bbc on this agenda. but weve been conducting the mid—term review, which will have a particular focus around impartiality. i think its so important. i think its also important to the long—term viability of the bbc because if you think about it, in todays age, weve got so much fake news out there that people deserve but also expect and need to be able to know that that psbs are really trusted sources of information. so its in everybody�*s interest that...

Presidents to remove classified documents, knowingly or unknowingly, and storing them, has it happened before. and also to the question of the impartiality and the respect that members of both parties have for prosecutor rob hur because im just a bit skeptical given that we heard the same accolades in the initial early days of bob mueller being assigned to investigate the former president until that all changed. >> sure. so to your first question, i think jamie is absolutely right. i think this ...

Republicans in particular but democrats as well in response to this news? >> i think its going to be very hard to criticize his reputation, his credentials. he was a clerk for justice rehnquist. i am told by sources in the justice community that he has impeccable conservative credentials. so i think that merrick garland has picked someone whose impartiality in all of this is not going to be questioned. as andy mccabe said earlier, just going through his resume. one other thing i think its worth ...

Investigations. for the past seven or so years, the justice department has really been mired in these politically very contentious investigations and cases and questions about its impartiality. in this case the first step was to find a trump-appointed attorney in chicago to conduct the initial review. you see merrick garland following the facts but also being mindful of the perception of the justice department and wanting to make sure, at least from an optics standpoint, that these investigation...

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Abortion. they were in the conservative majority. there were protests at the cour and the homes of justices threatens -- threats to impeach justices impact the court with up to 13 justices. some progressive have openly called for president obamas tw supreme court justices both in their 60s to step aside and give biden a chance to name presumably younger members. court watchers are concerned. >> for activists to be calling for resignations and that sort of thing, i think it undercuts and corrodes...

Were in the conservative majority, that led to angry protests at the court and the homes of justices, threatens to impeach justices. some progressives have openly called for president trump to supreme court justices. court watchers are concerned. >> for activists to be calling resignations and that sort of thing, it really under cuts and corrodes the american publics faith and the impartiality and neutrality of these justices. >> some democrats fear a republican president in 2024 could move the ...

Get rid of the licence fee, bring the bbc to heel. i mean, i think its part of that syndrome that the bbc can become overcautious. i happen to think the things that emily — and i said it publicly and ive said it to her — said about the covid expedition of cummings to have his eyes tested, that it was clearly false. i thought that was not the right thing for her to say, thats all. but i think on the broader picture, the idea of the bbc�*s impartiality is important to defend and the bbc has ...

No. do you vote? i do. why wont you tell me? because i work for the bbc. im impartial. no, because its a private matter! lets talk about impartiality, because the bbc wants it to be front and centre of what it gives to the british public in terms of its information and news. yes. there has been significant questioning of that from inside — or at least from insidejournalism. emily maitlis, for example — who you know very well, a former bbcjournalist whos working now in the private sector — ...

No, because its a private matter! lets talk about impartiality, because the bbc wants it to be front and centre of what it gives to the british public in terms of its information and news. yes. there have been significant questioning of that from inside — or at least from insidejournalism. emily maitlis, for example — who you know very well, a former bbcjournalist whos now working in the private sector — she has suggested that the bbc in the recent past has been cowed in the way its covere...