on the story if they had expressed a view on it but the problem is that plenty of women at the b.b.c. have treated the solidarity with carry gracey over this issue and they are now accusing the b.b.c. of trying to keep them quiet and of trying to censor them the rules have also resulted in a situation whereby effectively because of this you've got the story being reported almost exclusively by men now the b.b.c. won't comment on. the controversy however they have referred us back to that guidelines take a listen to what they have to say when dealing with controversial subjects concerning the b.b.c. or reporting must remain julie impose szell as well as accurate and fair we need to ensure the b.b.c. is impartiality is not brought into question and presenters all reporters are not exposed to potential conflicts of interest the b.b.c. might have to get used to reporting on itself or to referring us back to those guidelines because this looks like an issue that isn't going away and there are likely to be more high profile resignations over this issue of gender pay inequality and we discussed t

b.b.c. won't comment on the controversy but they have referred us to their guidelines which reiterate that if there is a conflict of interest then a reporter cannot report on that story take a listen when dealing with controversial subjects concerning the b.b.c. or reporter julie impulsion as well as. we need to ensure the b.b.c.'s impartiality is not brought into question and presenters or reporters are not exposed to potential conflicts of interest. well the b.b.c. might have to get used to reporting on itself because it looks like this is an issue that isn't going away and there are likely to be more high profile resignations over gender pay equality or inequality thanks for that aside he's a polly boy with the details. now there are a cost of boycotts clothing giant after it advertised a black child the modeling of her day with the words coolest monkey in the jungle after a huge backlash took down the image however that hasn't stopped a social media storm with the brands being labeled racist and insensitive. marketing. puts a black child in a hoodie that reads and the coolest monkey in th

wing media are only part of the story news outlets with a reputation for impartiality like the b.b.c. have also come under fire for how often they present fringe views on climate change alongside those of climate scientists otherwise known. this false balance even if there is one and there's been no record in moving over the past fifteen sixteen seventeen years well yeah that's there is a lot of controversy about that no not that's a fact that the b.b.c. has had a particular point of probably every year what they'll have another car crash where they can buy it as a climate skeptic all the predictions made at the beginning of the year of global warming alarm have so far proven to be wildly inaccurate and post exactly the same until i joined this past yes it's. never just as well temperature as well which is it which is a big round of complaint complaints about how. and the b.b.c. is now even in the position of having an off color investigation into the way that reports climate change due to this being such a huge problem. the notion that there is balance in the climate change story that cli

have so far proven to be wildly inaccurate and post exactly the same . cost. as well which is it which is a big round of complaints the complaints about how exaggerated. and the b.b.c. is is now even in the position of having an off color investigation into the way that it reports climate change due to this being such a huge problem. the notion that there is balance in the climate change story that climate science holds the same weight and significance as climate skepticism has been manipulated to great effect particularly in the united states the fossil fuel industry there has set out to so doubt about the science of global warming by funding like minded think tanks who make spokespersons available at the media's request to get it it simply should be now recognized that has no bearing on the temperature of the earth there are some numbers of think tanks we simply say they say they are paid to spend in one case forty percent of their their work day reaching out to the media one such think tank is the heartland institute which has received funding from exxon mobil koch industries and the american petroleum institute part land spokespeople a fixtures in the us and ot

wing media are only part of the story news outlets with a reputation for impartiality like the b.b.c. have also come under fire for how often they present fringe views on climate change alongside those of climate scientists otherwise known. that's full span and even if there is one thing and there's been no recording moving for the past fifteen sixteen seventeen years well then you say oh yeah that's there is a lot of controversy about that no not that's a fact that the b.b.c. has had a particular problem with for a number of years and particular the today programme on radio four was kind of the main flagship current affairs program which is almost feels like groundhog day of probably every year or two they'll have another car crash moment where they can buy a climate skeptic on the predictions made at the beginning of the year of global warming alarm have so far proven to be wildly inaccurate and posted on the exact same till i joined this past yes it's. temperature as well temperature as well which is it which means it will be a big round of completely the complaints about harold exagger

name change the fire in one hundred fifty seven could according to the b.b.c. have irrevocably altered the u.k. u.s. special relationship let alone killed a lot of people prime minister harold macmillan president eisenhower to sign an agreement that would change britain's relationship with america forever. just days before a fire has broken out at windscale the country's fast you can react. britain was on the brink of an unprecedented disaster but can drive as it continues today about sellafield as well as an ongoing terrorism threat this was in just the past few months army bomb disposal experts are being called to sellafield to detonate potentially flammable chemicals discovered in britain's largest nuclear sites well it's outside the mark the birth of britain's weapons of mass destruction program now located on the river clyde in scotland britain is of course x. boarding weapons all around the world some believe the brics it may lead to a spiraling of u.k. weapons dealing so we caught up with a member of britain's arms export control panel outside parliament jori

on the story if they had expressed a view on it but the problem is that plenty of women at the b.b.c. have to pretend that solidarity with carry gracey over this issue and they are now accusing the b.b.c. of trying to keep them quiet and of trying to censor them the rules of also resulted in a situation whereby effectively because of this you've got the story being reported almost exclusively by men now the b.b.c. won't comment on the controversy however they have referred us back to that guidelines take a listen to what they have to say when dealing with controversial subjects concerning the b.b.c. or reports must remain julie impose szell as well as accurate we need to ensure the b.b.c.'s impartiality is not brought into question and presenters all reporters are not exposed to potential conflicts of interest the b.b.c. might have to get used to reporting on itself or to referring us back to those guidelines because this looks like an issue that isn't going away and there are likely to be more high profile resignations over this issue of gender pay inequality we discussed this issue with

b.b.c. might have to get used to reporting on itself or she referring us back to those guidelines because this looks like an issue that isn't going away and there are likely to be more high profile resignations over this issue of gender pay inequality and we discussed this issue with independent journalist martin summers i think with b.b.c. in particular because it is a public service broadcaster they've got to show that they're being fair about pay the be the go to show that they're being open about how these decisions are taken and i suppose i would argue that frankly they should let people have their opinions and just say the b.b.c. you know except some people with different opinions about this even when the b.b.c. is the center of the controversy it's going to be a tricky one whatever happens i think by her resignation what she has done is brought all this into the open and no doubt the debate will continue. michelin stars are considered a whole mark of fine dining with recipients of gaining prestige in the cool and airy world there are small mining town in the east of france one chef is b

newsroom now her decision comes after last year's revelations of a huge gender pay gap at the b.b.c. . i have never lost the money in fact i don't think in fact is that the b.b.c. that i've also put more money and nor advice on this occasion in the six months since we heard the pay disclosures in july i have been trying to say to my boss is equal pay is very very important to me it's not about giving me a pay rise it's about equality between men and women and i thought the kid that when i went out to china it was only in july that i discovered that i had an all in the statement the b.b.c. said there was no quote systemic discrimination against women a spokeswoman said that fairness and pay was vital and that the corporation was working to improve transparency on pay levels and dozens of prominent female journalists and politicians in the u.k. well they've taken to social media to express solidarity with kerry greasy many of them using the hash tag i stand with care you know here is her colleagues b.b.c. is europe editor cut you are saying huge loss to b.b.c. international news i will miss car

baby see that but public broadcaster is not a private broadcaster publicly financed you have to pay for the b.b.c. if you have a television set and live. the united kingdom and i i think they're not really fulfilling their obligation to the public by skewing guests in this particular direction that's very disappointing indeed it is the case of the b.b.c. has been acting in contradiction to its official guidelines which state there must be diversity and impartiality of opinion always likely to see any consequences for the b.b.c. well i think that. you showed in before this interview in your clips some of the anger in the house of lords i think the politicians on the leave side of the argument those who are in favor of projects that are beginning to lose their patience with the b.b.c. the b.b.c. will argue that they always take flak from every side people on the center right complain the center left people in the center left implying that the center right and if you are taking sort of equal amounts of flak and criticism from all sides of the debate well perhaps that's a sign that you have got balan

b.b.c. we all have to pay for the b.b.c. it should represents what the british people believe instead to which it's force feeding those. establishments pro-u. propaganda and more stop now so what do you think ray are we likely to see any consequences for the b.b.c. following these claims. it's not likely is it you know series from asia remain all of very chilly all of the cabinets would actually remain as they are the ones who are in charge if it were pounds to me then i would seriously look at whether the b.b.c. should be revoked because it's not doing well it's paid to do by the british people i sense you keep n.e.p. thank you for your thoughts on vale of fake news. thank you nicky. why don't trump has been caught on a hot mike saying he'll release the controversial classified memo allegedly detailing abuse of surveillance powers by the f.b.i. and happened of the president was leaving the chamber after his state of the union address he was asked by republican lawmaker jeff duncan to release them. early. it's claims the doc

have to do our best but it's our system it just the big. wrong. he's. lying. it will spread that seeds all over this. little or all of. the. only be the b.b.c. and i we have big problems or mentors that we should. so there's one something wrong. we change it all. by the way to now not. to make this new data. everything fly in my mind. rushmore about. a god called my might have to be remedying proposed by. me in the us it could be if. you know. these a card. but not in this time and if it's not. in that fashion can it not. find out when the how does he have to pick it out of. the out up and. the one of the few that if they are still stuck here if. you. think it's right. i love. i love. how you know my lady that i'm the type of libya. because. if it weren't for the wii got the crowd you know what it's going to wish i had mine at the school but what i think the goodness. i am one of them moved in with congress on what i might be seen as good at the kind of the many things that look at the committee which i do want to beat up. some of them with. a good ten to one and if you had here fairly. this week. and if they could in no need that. day issue

stop you there mr marandi i'm not wishing to talk about my own back story i used to work at the b.b.c. i have colleagues who worked on b.b.c. persian there is no way on the planet that b.b.c. persian would instigate violence neither would the v.o.a. i don't know anyone that works for the v.o.a. i can promise you not what i hold on i don't. see persian i did not say that all know i said i guess they are things like that it just wouldn't let me ask you want to point out you are saying that these are politically and you're saying they are. likely involved in trying to promote greater tension no they're not using social media platforms are controlled elsewhere and yet the government in tehran is blocking social media platforms it can't have it both ways. excuse me but those social media platforms are not controlled in teheran they're control them foreign countries and those countries have the ability to stop them from inciting violence and to promote violence and to teach people how to produce bombs that is obvious when it comes to your countries in the west then things are the other way around i

b.b.c. bias based on well there have been two reports just in the last week which have looked into how the b.b.c. is representing people who support it in its programming last week's report was from an organization called civic tasks and they intitled it brussels broadcasting corporation rather amusingly and it found that over a period of ten years between two thousand and five and two thousand and fifteen only a tiny fraction just three percent of the people who were asked about the you were in favor of leaving and that's out of four thousand people that they are asked to guest on their program today's report is from the institute of economic affairs and it allies two of the b.b.c.'s key panel political shows if you like so question time and any questions and they found that out of six hundred panelists who were invited over the last eighteen months two thirds of them supported remaining in the european union with just a third of them supporting it and not only that but if you recategorized the people who did support remaining in the european union but are now implementing it inside the governm

b.b.c. bias based on so there have been two reports just in the last week which have looked into how the b.b.c. is representing breck's its supporters in some of its programming one of them was released this morning from the institute for economic affairs it has analyzed two of the b.b.c.'s key political panel shows any question time and any questions over the last eighteen months and the results come in and it found that out of six hundred panelists that were invited to these shows just one third of them were in favor of the remaining two thirds were speaking in favor of remaining in the european union and not only that but if you reclassify those people who used to be remain supporters but are now involved in implementing bracks it's in the in the government the split is still sixty forty in favor of remaining in the european union here's a little bit of an example of what they're talking about. you cannot leave free access to a market of five hundred million people without making yourself poorer than you otherwise would be actually one of the immigrants that is no longer welcome ham polish

have you company this. in our top story the b.b.c. has been accused of bias in its bricks it coverage with the majority of its guests said to hold a pro stance that's according to several recent reports which have prompted anger in britain's house of lords. frankly is a pretty p.c. has become the supporter over for organizing. for your new dave brooks it's true mr to the dude who said to me recently that his job in brussels is move even more difficult because every time he makes a small advance for his problems of mind for the b.b.c. to actually in order because you do a duty of impartiality. the report was by an organization called civic tasm a amusingly called it the brussels broadcasting corporation and they found that over a long time period ten years up to two thousand and fifteen out of more than four thousand guests who were asked to speak about the european union just a tiny fraction of one hundred thirty two of them were in favor of this but today's report is from the institute of economic affairs and it allows two of the b.b.

criticism from both sides of that the fight will perhaps back to sign that you have the highlands but i would say that the b.b.c. now should be concerned that there are politicians who are seriously raising in the british parliament in the house of lords a genuine concern about whether these they really can be considered a useful old process one that doesn't just go i tell you personally if you put a proper balance in that the b.b.c. starts to lose the fight of politicians in the public in that key question of neutrality then i think over the longer term i have a great deal of problem justifying the present funding and possibly even. present basis of their existence. donald trump has been caught on a hot mike saying that he'll release a controversial classified memo allegedly detailing abusive surveillance powers by the f.b.i. happened as the president was leaving the chamber three state of the union address he was asked by republican lawmaker jeff duncan to release the memo or a were rather. its claim that document reveals the f.b.i.'s abuse of the foreign intelligence surveillance act particularly with regard

b.b.c. bias actually based on. well there have actually been two reports just in the last week looking into how the b.b.c. is representing brax its supporters in some of its programming programming today's release this morning is from the institute for economic affairs and it has analyzed two of the b.b.c.'s key panel politics shows to question time and any questions over the period of the last eighteen months and it found that out of six hundred panelists during that time sixty eight percent of them supported remain and just thirty two percent were in favor of bricks it an interesting lee not only that but even if you recategorized the people who previously supported remain but are now implementing breck's it from within government the split is still sixty forty in favor of remain and obviously for reference the just for comparison the referendum result was fifty two percent in support of leaving the european union so that's today's report but last week there was also another one from sivits this report entitled the brussels broa

let's get a quick check now some other stories that have been making news around the world the b.b.c.'s long serving china editor carrie gracie has resigned because of what she calls a lawful pay discrimination she accused britain's public service broadcaster of breaking the law on equal pay and resisting pressure for a fair and transparent salary structure the b.b.c. says that a review of the pay of on air presenters and correspondents will be published soon . a fire at u.s. president donald trump skyscraper in manhattan has left two people injured one is said to be in serious condition the city fire department says that it received a call early in the morning to attend what it called a small electric fire on the top floor. the libyan coast guard has rescued around one hundred forty migrants from a sinking dinghy that distressed migrants were taken to the tripoli naval base where they received medical aid but italian coast guards say that as many as sixty four migrants are feared dead after another rubber dinghy sank the italians rescued eighty six people from the flimsy. germany's m

let's get a quick check now some other stories that have been making news around the world the b.b.c.'s long serving china editor carrie gracie has resigned because of what she calls a lawful pay discrimination she accused britain's public service broadcaster of breaking the law on equal pay and resisting pressure for a fair and transparent salary structure the b.b.c. said that a review of the pay of on air presenters and correspondents would be published soon . a fire at u.s. president donald trump skyscraper in manhattan has left two people injured one is said to be in the serious condition the city fire department said that it received a call early in the morning to attend to what it called a small electric fire on the top floor. authorities have warned that an iranian oil tanker burning off of china's east coast is in danger of exploding and sinking one body has been found but the rest of the thirty two man crew has been missing since the tanker collided with a freighter there are fears that its cargo of light crude oil could cause an environmental disaster. well it is the stuff o

b.b.c. to reveal its policy a female editor recently resigned you would have seen this in the news claiming it paid two men fifty percent more for the same job condemning a secretive and illegal culture when it comes to pate. do you agree is that what we're dealing with here is that what it is an illegal and secretive pay culture and companies. possibly there is this culture or at least the figures tell selves so there is a gender pay gap this has to be acknowledged and there are different reasons for this pay gap it's also the way women choose their their career so they are not in the leadership positions and they are in jobs that are less paid but it's also that in the same job they are less paid and this issue needs to be addressed and definitely transparency helps why is it illegal though in in quite a few countries now but only enforceable in a very few iceland being one of the trailblazers there it actually requires companies to print up a pay list and justify why they are paying certain people what we have the transparency whatever it comes to companies with the with the unions rulin

gender pay gap issues here in germany she joins me tonight from munich it's good to have you on the show this case with the b.b.c. journalist i mean it's getting international attention in just like the hash tag me two continues to dominate the headlines and do you think that we could be looking at the start of a new invigorated push for wage equality around the world well that would be lovely actually because. the wage gap has not lessened. the last years ok same then there have been quite strong movement inside and as an equal pay day and. once that societies are on the same day as we see change let's talk a little bit about what the situation is here in germany i mean you focus a lot on gender equality here in this country how does germany compare with the rest of europe when it comes to pay equality well sadly not very good actually it we're now on top of the list and then. they don't they go up and you. roughly at sixty percent when i ask in the u.k. in austria on the czech republic. you know twenty and that is going to surprise a lot of people because people consider germany the largest economy in europe a

let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world . the b.b.c.'s long serving china editor carrie gracie has resigned because what she says is unlawful pages squirm a nation choose britain's public service broadcaster of breaking the law on equal pay and resisting pressure for a fair and transparent salary structure the b.b.c. said a review of the pay of on air presenters and correspondents will be published soon . a fire at u.s. president donald trump skyscraper in manhattan has left two people injured one is said to be in serious condition the city fire department said that it received a call early in the morning to attend to what it called a small electric fire on the top floor. in vietnam a trial has opened against a former oil executive who was allegedly kidnapped from germany and taken to have no i he is facing corruption charges that could carry the death penalty germany has accused vietnam of ordering the abduction of the executive from a park in berlin last year. authorities have warned that an iranian oil tanker burning off of china's

b.b.c. sold five hundred pairs for one hundred eighty euros. the sneakers havea year's ticket for its transportation system sewn into their tongues. many footwear fans spent day and night waiting in line in front of participating stores this inspired the to donate the proceeds of the auction to an aid program for the homeless. the company announced their reason on twitter because some people spend the night outdoors even when there's no snow for sale. the auction ends on sunday. the. most famous moment is related to the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson on first say the natural history museum basel i'm not stopped a moment is that of the pastor's daughter. died in seventy nine. she is a dark. green in the headlines more than once before for example for his statements on bricks and. the mummy was excavated nine hundred seventy five recently our car showed that she's had already been found and reburying nine hundred forty three graves register suggested to the mummy had been extensive research and d.n.a. analysis could be. the back trade fair in london is curre

b.b.c. which i think reflects the world in that complexity they all have political biases but not so dramatic that they shape their content or you want the world to conform to what you already think and then you then you use facebook or twitter or you watch fox and n.b.c. and everything you think is automatically confirmed the problem i think with digital media is it seems to be enabling that second category that second community but there are many other forces which are pushing that it's very disturbing because what you see is the disappearance of the middle the creation of these parties and camps and fewer and fewer people are actually opening to listen to other people's arguments will talk a bit about the dictionary causes i mean you're on twitter yourself but you say you're a writer so you need to be and there are so many people who are freelancers and they also have to be on twitter how do you get away with an election if it's a must that you work i mean are we going to get to a point when it's going to mandatory to have an account. we're doing magistri you mean on the law you know not o

spy satellite may have gone missing despite the rockets launched being hailed as a success. the b.b.c. finds itself at the center of its own strong after some of its journalists accuse the company of censorship. protests sweep across china zia that global attention remains focused on. antigovernment demonstrations in iran. for more on these stories go to our t.v. dot com because a reporter is next discussing how the world's wealthiest people became a trillion dollars of wealth in twenty seventy.