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Gary Lineker row: is the BBC too Left or Right Wing?

Mar 17, 2023
26:37

Gary Linker and the BBC have been dominating the headlines after the Match of the Day host was asked to step back from presenting after tweeting out criticism of the government’s language around refugees.

But what does this whole row mean for the BBC, and what does it say about the state of our media and its relationship to impartiality?

In today’s podcast, we speak with Adam Boulton, formerly editor-at-large of Sky News, whether he thinks the BBC has an issue over impartiality.

 

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