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A £215,000-a-year BBC journalist was today embroiled in an impartiality row after claiming Boris Johnson had ‘berated’ the EU over the coronavirus vaccines dispute. Europe editor Katya Adler, 48, who is based in Brussels, prompted fury with a tweet after the EU tried to requisition tens of millions of vaccine doses made from the UK. … Read more
A £215,000-a-year BBC journalist was today embroiled in an impartiality row after claiming Boris Johnson had ‘berated’ the EU over the coronavirus vaccines dispute. Europe editor Katya Adler, 48, who is based in Brussels, prompted fury with a tweet after the EU tried to requisition tens of millions of vaccine doses made from the UK. … Read more
JON SOPEL, £245,000-a-year BBC salary: Jon Sopel, 60, is paid up to £245,000 a year in his role as the broadcaster’s North America Editor, covering all aspects of US news including politics, policy and business. But the presenter last year sparked a conflict of interest row after accepting tens of thousands of pounds from the biggest bank … Read more
JON SOPEL, £245,000-a-year BBC salary: Jon Sopel, 60, is paid up to £245,000 a year in his role as the broadcaster’s North America Editor, covering all aspects of US news including politics, policy and business. But the presenter last year sparked a conflict of interest row after accepting tens of thousands of pounds from the biggest bank … Read more
BBC bosses are to unveil tough new rules on staff use of social media amid impartiality crackdown… but Gary Lineker still won’t play ball Beeb is clamping down on tweets and lucrative outside work in new crackdown The director-general’s impartiality crackdown will have more stringent measures Tim Davie adds he’s prepared to sack presenters and ‘take people … Read more
Emily Maitlis’s Dominic Cummings rant on Newsnight placed her ‘closer to one side of the debate’ and DID breach impartiality and accuracy standards, BBC complaints unit rules The Editorial Complaints Unit said there had been a breach of impartiality rules But it considers the matter closed and will not be handing down reprimands The BBC … Read more
BBC faces fresh questions over impartiality as it emerges news reporter called for ‘clown’ Boris Johnson to be sacked Rianna Croxford made comments a year before joining the corporation in 2018 Fears grow that journalists’ views on Twitter risk compromising BBC’s neutrality BBC said ‘opinions expressed before [starting work]…are completely irrelevant’ By Paul Revoir Media … Read more
BBC in fresh ‘bias’ row after its impartiality adviser brought in to examine how journalists use social media ‘was partisan online’ Former director of global news at BBC drafted in to review its impartiality Richard Sambrook was hired to look at the way journalists use of social media New ‘bias’ row emerged after it was … Read more
Has the BBC finally given up any pretence of impartiality, and become the official mouthpiece of the Black Lives Matter protest movement, which has been mounting demonstrations around the country over the past week? Sunday was tumultuous. A mob in Bristol tore down the statue of Edward Colston, a slave trader and philanthropist who died … Read more
‘Is that really something to be proud of?’ Unrepentant Emily Maitlis risks another BBC impartiality row after mocking Boris Johnson’s ‘pride’ as coronavirus death toll edges closer to 40,000 – before Newsnight bosses post clip on Twitter Newsnight yesterday opened with a clip of Boris Johnson addressing Commons Prime Minister tells MPs: ‘I am very … Read more