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1/ I'm not sure I want the BBC to be "impartial".

I'm in favour of partiality, in particular -

*In favour of truth
*In favour of decency
*In favour of kindness
*In favour of humanity

#IStandWithGaryLineker
2/ People working in the news should have a positive duty to point out lies; but where the lies come from ministers or other government representatives, the BBC has an extremely poor record at calling them out.
3/ I want people to be able to discuss important issues without being told to get back in their box, or keep their opinions to themselves.
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Well spotted @CatLaw75!

The @BBC in 2020, & again in 2021, confirmed the personal @Twitter accounts of freelancers (eg Lineker, Packham, & Andrew Neil) are "unrelated to" the BBC, & "the BBC is not responsible for its content".

#MOTD #IStandWithGaryLineker #GaryGate
Davie's new (October 2020) social media guidelines stated @BBC staff should, on their own personal social media accounts, 'avoid expressing personal views on current issues of political controversy', which as a right-winger he described using the pejorative 'virtue signalling'.
However, the response to a complaint about Chris Packham, which came in September 2021 - almost a year after Tim Davie had set out his new social media guidelines for '@BBC staff' in October 2020 - stated Chris's "personal social media account has no connection to the @BBC." 🤔
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