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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trust seminar on impartiality and economic reporting

The Trust held a seminar on impartiality and economic reporting on 6 November 2012. The purpose was to review how the Â鶹ԼÅÄ can ensure its news coverage of economics issues reflects the full range of views and voices and, for example, avoids giving undue weight to specific institutional perspectives.

In a review of Â鶹ԼÅÄ governance led by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trust Chairman Lord Patten, published in July 2011, the Trust committed to strengthening its work in ensuring that the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s standards of impartiality are being met - and are seen to be being met. As part of this the Trust announced the introduction of regular impartiality seminars that look at emerging and current topics. Unlike the existing impartiality reviews carried out by the Trust, these would not be based on reviews of Â鶹ԼÅÄ output, but would instead enable the Â鶹ԼÅÄ to consider how to approach current and topical issues, which pose difficulties for programme makers, with due impartiality.