it's thought that was a reference to sir robbie gibb, a former bbc editor who went to work as theresa director of communications and was appointed to the bbc board last year. there was both criticism and approval of emily matliss�*s comments with a friend of sir robbie gibb telling newspapers he is committed to delivering change, to making impartiality the genuine priority. meanwhile, keith russell felt the speech didn't receive enough attention on bbc news. the bbc did put out a statement in response to the speech, which reads like this: the extent to which impartiality has become a fraught issue for the bbc was reinforced this week by a bbc ruling against radio two presenter and safe cycling advocate jeremy vine. an internal investigation found he had reached impartiality rules, by expressing his support for low traffic neighbourhoods. a decision that had a mixed response. david harrington thought: but maria david disagrees. well, we hoped to discuss the bbc�*s approach to impartiality over the next four weeks with a bbc executive. u nfortu nately, no—one was available to do so this

it is thought that was a reference to sir robbie gibb, a former bbc editor who went to work as theresactor of communications and was appointed to the bbc board last year. there was both criticism and approval of emily matliss�*s comments with a friend of sir robbie gibb telling news papers, he is committed to delivering change, to making impartiality the genuine priority. meanwhile, keith russell felt the speech didn't receive enough attention on bbc news. i note with interest your lack of interest in emily mate liz's of interest in emily matliss�*s comments about your bias. kind of proves her point. the bbc did put out a statement in response to the speech which reads like this: the bbc places the highest value on due impartiality and accuracy and we apply these principles to our reporting on all issues as we've made clear previously in relation to newsnight. we did not take action as a result of any pressure from number we did not take action as a result of any pressure from number 10 or government and to suggest otherwise was wrong. the bbc down the programme breached its editorial

on the bbc board, widely considered to be a reference to the former theresa may comms chief sir robbie gibby maitlis said that the bbc withdrew a monologue of hers because it was, perhaps, sending a message of reassurance directly to the government itself. adam, i'm sure you followed all of this very closely. was emily right? well, matt chorley rather cruelly commented, anyone would think she had a new podcast to promote. i have to say that there seems to be a bit of an issue for people leaving the bbc about getting their own voice back, as we heard also said by someone who's gone over to global. it's not something i've experienced. i haven't really worked for the bbc for a long time. when i did work for the external service, i didn't have any problem in getting my voice back. i've never had any problem at sky or anywhere else, and i don't anticipate it at times radio talk tv. alastair, actually, was the first person who raised this issue in a rather more sophisticated way, talking about moral equivalence, that, you know, if you get both sides of an argument, then when you present them, eac

it's thought that was a reference to sir robbie gibb, a former bbc editor who went to work as theresarnal investigation found that he had breached impartiality rules by expressing his support for low traffic neighbourhoods, a decision which had a mixed response. david harrington thought: but maria david disagreed: well, we hoped to discuss the bbc�*s approach to impartiality over the next few weeks with a bbc executive. u nfortu nately, no—one was available to do so this week. do let us know your thoughts on any of the issues we're covering in this programme or any aspect of bbc news. details of how to contact us are at the end of the programme. but now for some of your other concerns this week. wednesday's news at six led with a special investigation by ed thomas into a distressing subject. for months, the bbc has been hearing about people's experiences reporting crime. this is the story of mums in chorley whose children have been attacked by a group of teenagers. what followed showed children being beaten and bruised, and though the images were blurred and a warning had been given b