Over the course of just a couple of days, the BBC has managed to put its entire football at risk over a draconian interpretation of 'impartiality' rules. twoht
Date published: Saturday 11th March 2023 12:36 -
The risk is greater where the public expressions of opinion overlap with the area of the individual’s work. The risk is lower where an individual is expressing views publicly on an unrelated area, for example a sports or science presenter expressing views on politics or the arts. Another board member is Sir Robbie Gibb, former head of communications at 10 Downing Street – think Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, only a Tory – who was described by former BBC journalist Emily Maitlis as an “active agent of the Conservative party” who is shaping the broadcaster’s news output by acting “as the arbiter of BBC impartiality”.
Andrew Neil was the editor of right-wing political magazine The Spectator while fronting high-profile political programmes on the BBC, and never seemed afraid shy of making a political comment or two then., for example, hosting The Politics Show while wearing an Adam Smith Institute – a right-wing think tank – tie in 2017.
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