Kirstie Allsopp slams ‘odd’ guidelines for TV presenters amid Martine Croxall BBC drama

express.co.uk:

Location, Location, Location star Kirstie Allsopp gave her thoughts about the difference between print and broadcast journalism on Twitter today.

Her comments come after Martine Croxall, 53, has been taken off air by the BBC following a potential breach of impartiality on Sunday evening.

In view of her 430,400 followers, the Channel 4 presenter pointed out the contrast in journalism guidelines as she shared a tweet from newspaper columnist Aditya Chakrabortty.Aditya tweeted yesterday: “Whatever side you're on, whatever your ethnicity, this is truly a historic moment. “The UK has its first Goldman Sachs Prime Minister,” he quipped, referring to new PM Rishi Sunak.In response, Kirstie tweeted: “We have an odd system in the UK where TV journalists are expected to have zero political affiliations, and get suspended if they give an inkling of such, and newspaper journalists can tweet like this.”A couple of Kirstie’s followers queried her claim, with Bergehetzer commenting: “Only ones that are paid for via the taxpayer.”“Isn't it because we're all forced to pay for the BBC, but can choose whether to buy a copy of the Guardian or Times?” added BigBadBob.“No, ITV & Channel 4 are the same,” Kirstie told both Twitter users, echoing the same sentiment repeatedly to anyone who queried whether it was just the BBC who had such strict impartiality guidelines.Kirstie’s remarks come after Martine, who is a presenter on BBC News, was taken off air for the comments she made after it was announced Boris Johnson would be pulling out of the Conservative leadership race.Martine was criticised after saying she was “gleeful” during her introduction to Sunday evening’s edition of The Papers.She made the remark at 10.30pm, which was about 90.