The regulator's boss says it is right the BBC is reviewing its social media guidelines after the row
The BBC impartiality row with Gary Lineker goes "straight to the heart" of the broadcaster's wider reputation, Ofcom's chief executive has said.
Speaking to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday, Dame Melanie said: "Clearly an episode like this goes straight to the heart of that wider reputation beyond their news and current affairs coverage." "I think they need to be weighing freedom of expression alongside the wider reputation they have for impartiality," she said.
Asking an urgent question on the row in the House of Commons, Labour's shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell said the events of the past week "exposed how susceptible the BBC leadership is to government pressure".
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