Friday, November 4, 2022

Risk of inference

 Many will be delighted she's returned, apparently unbowed. 


The BBC Judges of Impartiality have handed down the following, after 11 days of consideration, clearly miffed by Martine's teasing around the BBC News Channel Paper Review that followed the withdrawal of Boris Johnson from the most recent Conservative leadership contest. 

"In this programme several remarks and reactions from the presenter caused a significant risk that the audience could believe opinions were being expressed on the Conservative leadership contest. In addition, there was insufficient counter and challenge to some of the opinions expressed by guests on the programme. Taken together, this meant that this edition of The Papers did not meet our editorial standards, as it gave the audience the opportunity to infer an editorial position on the part of the BBC. This does not accord with the BBC’s commitment to editorial impartiality."

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