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And see where you can improve. they have said we will work with ofcom on this so i imagine you have further conversations with the bbc. so there are these three areas we are looking at, services, complaints. next lets consider impartiality. we have heard from ofcoms chief executive saying it, the bbc, clearly needs to address widespread perceptions about its impartiality. owen meredith from the news media association, do you agree with that, that there is a perception issue for the bbc here? yes...

Can understand what ofcom is asking of the bbc. you mention impartiality, that is one of three points of emphasis. where is the bbc getting it wrong, or is itjust not explaining how it is going about impartiality well enough? i think the bbc has got a pretty proud track record of complying with the broadcasting code on delivering impartial content, but the director—general has made it clear that the bbc needs to do better still on that and we would agree with that. audiences, we have done a lo...

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Claire, i wonder whether with the bbc having commitments in place to deal with place already, is that the risk that this is placing a further burden, further workload on the bbc one perhaps it is better off working out how to take on all of its media competitors? a well, here i think i agree with kevin at ofcom. the research shows the complaints process is not well known, that many people in the uk think of complaining but dont complain because they dont know how to complain. and that is really ...

On this over the last few years, the bbc is not open and transparent enough in how it deals with the complaints, the types of complaints it gets, and in particular where it is dealing with complaints around due accuracy and impartiality, which are critical to its news provision, it should explain more when it doesnt uphold complaints around impartiality. the third focus of ofcom, which is the services that the bbc provides. as i understand it, you are looking for a change to the bbc�*s operati...

That we are living in a very opinionated and polarisedl environment that certainly- is a finding that ofcom might have highlighted more today. in that context, if a person doesnt see their opinion . reflected, they view that l as an issue of impartiality. sitting on the fence, in a funny way, is taking a position. - that is what many people believe. and you see this in commercial- radio, which is far more opinionated when they are dealing with news and current affairs. _ i know, because i am sup...

I dont see the bbc as the full problem by any means in terms of the long—term sustainability of the wider sector, but the bbc needs to be a better partner to industry. roger mosey, if i could bring you in here, i am very interested in this idea that the bbc has a perception problem, that is ofcom saying that. if there is one, whose responsibility is that if the bbc is being impartial, does it still need to respond to the fact that it has a perception problem, whether that is fair or not? yes. ...

Annual report is the brexit coverage was rather marvellous and so is the 2019 general election coverage. and, my question is, was it? if you believe public service really matters, as i do, you have to make it better, and the bbc are supposed to be not just where the market is, it is supposed to be better than the market, and more analysis. well, what does a better look like, roger? lets get into the detail here. what does bbcjournalism and content need to do to demonstrate its impartiality that ...

Or are you asking the bbc to explain how it is making content impartial? it is more the latter of that, it is explaining how it is making its content impartial and explaining where there are contentious issues around impartiality, how it deals with those, and how it has been trying to achieve impartiality. and that leads on to the second point of emphasis from ofcom, which is complaints, because people complain about the bbc for a range of reasons, but one of them could be connected to impartial...

And its day two of performances at glastonbury, with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, welcome to the media show. the uks media regulator ofcom has published a major review of what the bbc does, particularly focused on three areas, how the bbc deals with complaints, how they approach impartiality, and how they define the services it offers people in the uk. needless to say, how the bbc takes the advice of the regulator, how the regulator ...