Jonathan Ross is among the celebrities who have tweeted their support for Emily Maitlis, after the BBC ruled that her comments about Dominic Cummings on Newsnight breached impartiality guidelines.
Maitlis had received praise from some viewers for her opening to the show, in which she said that Boris Johnson’s top advisor Cummings had broken the rules of lockdown and added: “The country can see that, and it’s shocked the government cannot.” She said in a 90-second monologue: “The disease is not a great leveller, the consequences of which everyone – rich or poor – suffers the same.
This is a myth which needs debunking.” On Wednesday, the BBC said in a statement: “We’ve reviewed the entirety of last night’s Newsnight, including the opening
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