![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/bbc-rules-presenter-breached-impartiality-with-gleeful-tory-coverage/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/3_MAIN_CHP_031122SLUG_22892.jpg&description=BBC News presenter Martine Croxall was taken off air following a breach of impartiality during Sunday night's edition of The Papers. The BBC has now ruled that 'several remarks and reactions' made by the presenter caused a 'significant risk' that the audience could believe 'opinions were being expressed' on the Conservative leadership contest. During her introduction to the programme, which started at 10.30pm on Sunday around 90 minutes after Boris Johnson pulled out of the Tory leadership race, Croxall said: "Well this is all very exciting isn't it?" "Am I allowed to be this gleeful? Well I am," she told viewers. Martine, 53, was subsequently taken off air following the episode amid claims she showed bias after Johnson pulled out of the leadership contest. In her first question to her guests she also remarked: "Can we even show you the front pages just yet, have they arrived? No they haven't arrived. It's all a little bit, you know, lastminute.com isn't it? Because all the front pages were probably out of date by the time we received them." Some viewers, including several Tory MPs reacting to a clip on social media, complained it displayed bias. A statement from the broadcaster said: " BBC News is urgently reviewing last night's edition of The Papers on the News Channel for a potential breach of impartiality. "It is imperative that we maintain the highest editorial standards. We have processes in place to uphold our standards, and these processes have been activated." Following Martine's comments on The Papers, many viewers took to social media to share their frustration – with some calling for an Ofcom investigation. "Martine Croxall of BBC News shows her bias when surely a newsreader should be impartial. Unfit for the job," said one angry viewer. A second tweeted: "Martine Croxall is rightly being pilloried for this partisan display of giddy excitement as News broke of Boris Johnson dropping out of the Leadership contest. This lapse of impartiality and profession){kind=link}
Martine Croxall, who was taken off air during Sunday night’s instalment of The Papers, has breached impartiality it has been confirmed by the BBC
BBC News presenter Martine Croxall was taken off air following a breach of impartiality during Sunday night’s edition of The Papers.
The BBC has now ruled that ‘several remarks and reactions’ made by the presenter caused a ‘significant risk’ that the audience could believe ‘opinions were being expressed’ on the Conservative leadership contest.
During her introduction to the programme, which started at 10.30pm on Sunday around 90 minutes after Boris Johnson pulled out of the Tory leadership race, Croxall said: “Well this is all very exciting isn’t it?”
“Am I allowed to be this gleeful? Well I am,” she told viewers.