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'We are not the story': Former Newsnight presenter Kirsty Walk blasts opinionated BBC presenters
Kirsty Wark has spoken out against the rise of opinionated presenters at the BBC, insisting it is not the role of broadcasters to share personal views.
The 70-year-old TV presenter, who stepped down from Newsnight last year after three decades on the programme, said: ‘We are not the story,’ and called for the BBC to remain ‘a trusted friend’ amid ongoing debate over impartiality. Her remarks, made on The Spectator’s Women With Balls podcast, come in the wake of controversy surrounding Gary Lineker ’s political commentary on social media, and wider concerns about personality-led journalism on Radio 4’s Today programme. The Match of the Day host, faced disciplinary action in 2023 after describing the Conservative government’s immigration policy as ‘immeasurably cruel’ and likening the language used to that of 1930s Germany.
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