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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Governors review: the challenge of impartiality in a changing world

"I think it is time to open up the debate about impartiality... to try to establish a broadly accepted understanding of what it means for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ in the digital age…

"We know from all our research how important impartiality is to our licence fee payers. It's one of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ assets on which they place great value. But we must not take it for granted. We have to ask ourselves: in this new world we are entering, do we have the right defences in place for the principle of impartiality?"

(Michael Grade, Goodman Lecture 2005)

This year the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Governors and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Management have commissioned a project to consider the implications of a changing world for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's delivery of impartiality. The project will seek to recommend:

  • A set of principles underlying impartiality in the 21st century.
  • A list of broadly identified implications for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.
The final report, Safeguarding impartiality in the 21st century, was published by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Trust in June 2007.