The BBC has hit back at its former star presenter Emily Maitlis, who this week claimed the organisation had succumbed to government interference when it reprimanded her over comments she made on air.The day after Maitlis made the claim in her lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival, the BBC’s director of content Charlotte Moore was quick to reject the suggestion.Moore told the same Festival audience:“In no way was there any influence from the government or from the board … Due process was followed and the BBC decided there was a breach of editorial standards.
We hold everyone to account on editorial standards.”She added that BBC viewers “expect our journalists to leave their personal agenda at the door – we’re not here to campaign” and it is important for the BBC to show “due impartiality on every subject.”READ MORE: Emily Maitlis warns audience that ‘populism has taken hold’In May 2020, Maitlis – then presenter of flagship TV show Newsnight – commented on government adviser Dominic Cummings making a long drive to the north of England, at a time when national lockdown meant it was banned to travel.
She said at the beginning of the show, “Dominic Cummings broke the rules — the country can see that and it’s shocked the government cannot.” The following day, her employer said that this had breached impartiality standards.In her lecture, Maitlis said the government had contacted the BBC to complain and that the swiftness of the broadcaster’s decision to “confirm the government spokesman’s opinion” suggested it had disregarded its “famously rigorous” love of procedure.She also questioned the appropriateness of having a former Tory party communications exec Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC board.
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