as ever, though, another side to the story, and philip pooley agreed that...e been in news for a very long time so complaints like that you know, one side and then the other side, won't come as a surprise. does it feel to you like the polarisation of political views has become kind of nastier? um...|t�*s a really interesting question, whether it's become nastier. it certainly feels more polarised, yes. and it certainly feels as though people kind of want to default a bit to their own echo chambers sometimes. and if they don't see the views that they agree with reflected then i do think they perceive us as being biased. but you know, ourjob is to hold a national conversation. ourjob is to show people that there is a whole range of views on every subject. i don't subscribe to the view thatjust because we are getting hammered by both sides, one set of the audience sees us as biased and the other from another political perspectives sees us biased too, we must be getting it right. i don't buy into that idea. but i do think that the whole nature of discourse has bee

as ever, though, another side to the story, and philip pooley agreed that: you have been in news forand that's why we brought out social media guidelines, to remind our staff that we need to be cautious in the social media space about your insertion of your own political views and political opinions. because if we are not impartial, there is no point to us. we can't charge a licence fee off everybody in the uk if we are not impartial. and it's beholden on all of our staff to remember that and to act accordingly in that way. stay with us again, fran. we want to talk about another of the principles behind bbc news, which is accountability. we want to talk in fact a little bit about newswatch itself — this programme started in 2004 after the hutton inquiry which strongly criticised the bbc over its coverage of the lead up to the iraq war and the death of the government scientist david kelly. in response, newswatch was established as part of an initiative to make bbc news more accountable. but viewers regularly question whether it is truly fulfilling that role. here's howard price. how w