Tag: Impartiality Guidelines

Amid outcries over Gary Lineker's remarks on Rwanda and criticism of its Gaza coverage, the BBC is set to review its portrayal of ethnic minorities and class for "groupthink".

The controversial judge facing criticism for leniency towards women celebrating Hamas's 'paraglider' attacks, is accused of breaching the judiciary's code of conduct by discussing the imprisonment of a police officer.

The BBC’s Justin Webb broke impartiality rules by (accurately) calling trans women "males" on air, the corporations' own complaints unit has ruled.

Gary Lineker breached the BBC's social media rules in tweets about Tory MPs during a row about the Government's Rwanda policy, the incoming corporation Chairman Samir Shah believes.

A GB News programme broke impartiality rules by failing to represent “an appropriately wide range” because it didn't include any Left wing viewpoints, Ofcom has ruled. That's rich.

A Telegraph poll has found that 91% of readers want to scrap the BBC licence fee. Is the Telegraph out of step with the country, or has the BBC lost its place as the national broadcaster?

The Lineker incident will accelerate the demise of the BBC license fee, highlighting the fact that a broadcaster cannot hope to represent "all of us" in such a polarised era, argues Patrick O’Flynn.

Whether or not you believe Gary Lineker should be sacked for apparently breaching BBC guidelines, the notion that he is a freedom fighter against a Far Right government is an absurd metro liberal fantasy.

Star BBC presenter Graham Norton has said that cancel culture makes it “hard to find Right-wing guests” to come on his BBC talk show, and even if you find one, "the audience probably don’t want to see them".

Neil Henderson, a senior editor at the BBC, has publicly rebuked Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker for tweeting partisan nonsense, pointing out it’s a breach of the BBC’s editorial rules on impartiality.