it's fair to say that big news follows deborah turness around.cial sector, where she ran itn, she arrived at the bbc in september 2022. before the week was out, a new prime minister, liz truss, had taken office and the queen had died. significant events since then have come thick and fast, including two more new prime ministers, the war in gaza and, this week, the attempted assassination of former president trump. one of her biggest challenges has been to ensure the impartiality of bbc news output — identified by the director—general, tim davie, as the corporation's number one priority. she gave this definition of impartiality recently to a parliamentary select committee. it's about not taking any sides. it's about reporting withoutjudgment, journalism withoutjudgment. and that the bbc is seen to be the most scrupulously aware of anything that might be perceived as some kind of bias or preference to either side of an argument. but not everyone agrees with that. we've heard criticisms during the recent election of bias in all directions. steven pu

it's fair to say that big news follows deborah turness around.where she ran itn, she arrived at the bbc in september 2022. before the week was out, a new prime minister, liz truss, had taken office and the queen had died. significant events since then have come thick and fast, including two more new prime ministers, the war in gaza and, this week, the attempted assassination of former president trump. one of her biggest challenges has been to ensure the impartiality of bbc news output — identified by the director—general, tim davie, as the corporation's number one priority. she gave this definition of impartiality recently to a parliamentary select committee. it's about not taking any sides. it's about reporting withoutjudgment, journalism withoutjudgment. and the bbc is seen to be the most scrupulously aware of anything that might be perceived as some kind of bias or preference to either side of an argument. but not everyone agrees with that. we've heard criticisms during the recent election of bias in all directions. steven pullen wrote to us d

well, let's speak to deborah turness, the chief executive of bbc news.iewers of bias during the general election campaign. what was your approach to impartiality during the campaign? well, thank you for inviting me on the programme, samira. when i came to the bbc, understanding the director general�*s real focus on impartiality, we did a really big piece of work asking audiences across the uk and around the world what they needed today to trust us, and they told us they wanted fairness and respect, and fairness and respect really come together to form impartiality, fairness in reflecting the fullness of the political conversation and respect in showing that we are listening to them because they pay for us. and the bbc is here for everyone. eight in ten uk adults came to the bbc during the election period. they said when asked who would you choose fortrusted, impartial coverage of this election? four times more chose the bbc than any of our nearest other competitors. so i would say i really am incredibly proud of our output during the election, and i real

well, let's speak to deborah turness, the chief executive of bbc news. thanks for coming on newswatch. the director—general has identified impartiality as the bbc�*s number one priority, and you've heard accusations from viewers of bias during the general election campaign. what was your approach to impartiality during the campaign? well, thank you for inviting me on the programme, samira. when i came to the bbc, understanding the director—general�*s real focus on impartiality, we did a really big piece of work asking audiences across the uk and around the world what they needed today to trust us, and they told us they wanted fairness and respect. and fairness and respect really come together to form impartiality — fairness in reflecting the fullness of the political conversation and respect in showing that we are listening to them because they pay for us and the bbc is here for everyone. eight in ten uk adults came to the bbc during the election period. they said, when asked, "who would you choose for trusted, "impartial coverage of this election?", fou

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