BBC Tackles Gary Lineker
What should the BBC do about the Match of the Day host?
March 8, 2023
29 min
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March 8, 2023
BBC Tackles Gary Lineker
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Summary
<p>What should the BBC do about the Match of the Day host, after criticism of his tweets on the government's asylum policy?</p><p>Former director of BBC News, Richard Sambrook, reveals how he would handle the comments, from an impartiality point of view, and media editor, Katie Razzall, discusses what the future could look like for the Match of the Day presenter.</p><p>Also, Adam speaks to Nasa's Dr Nicola Fox about her meteoric rise to become the first woman as its head of science.</p><p>Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and was made by Tim Walklate with Josh Jenkins, Sinead Carroll, Madeleine Drury and Daniel Wittenberg. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.</p>
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