i think that obviously i arrived here on the back of savile and mcalpine, and those were big issues facing the bbc and confidence in bbc news. actually, that trust and confidence was significantly restored. but you're right, there's also a very profound argument going on around trust in the media generally in the light of what's happening politically. i don'tjust mean party politically, i don'tjust mean brexit and trump, i mean the extent to which people feel as though they're seen by, if you like, the system. by politicians, by the media. in your resignation letter, you said you were going to set up a media company with a clear point of view. does that mean you think the bbc‘s aim of impartial news isn't working in the age of fake news? no, no, it doesn't, it means exactly the opposite, it means that the bbc‘s offer is working and should be what it is, which is impartial, but not necessarily taking a position. the public funds, we are funded by the licence fee payer, and everyone who pays the licence fee, i think, has a decent expectation that the bbc should operate in such a way that it

i think that obviously i arrived here on the back of savile and mcalpine, and those were big issues facinggoing on around trust in the media generally in the light of what's happening politically. i don'tjust mean party politically, i don'tjust mean brexit and trump, i mean the extent to which people feel as though they're seen by, if you like, the system. by politicians, by the media. in your resignation letter, you said you were going to set up a media company with a clear point of view. does that mean you think the bbc‘s aim of impartial news isn't working in the age of fake news? no, no, it doesn't, it means exactly the opposite, it means that the bbc‘s offer is working and should be what it is, which is impartial, but not necessarily taking a position. the public funds, we are funded by the licence fee payer, and everyone who pays the licence fee, i think, has a decent expectation that the bbc should operate in such a way that it reports what's happening but doesn't take a position. doesn't take a stand in the way in which newspapers or websites or other individuals might do. no, actu