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make a plan to get people home in two weeks. At ten o'clock, Fiona

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Bruce will be here with a full round-up of all of the day 's news,

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now it is time for Hello and welcome to Newswatch

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with me, Samira Ahmed. The Queen and the PM overheard on

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camera, but where is the line between what is said in public and

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what is fair to broadcast for publish consumption?

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And who should get to speak for leave and remain when it comes to

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broadcasters casting their big referendum debate programmes?

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First, it was a big week for the BBC, with the publication on

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Thursday of the government's White Paper on the corporation 's future.

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The proposals unveiled for renewing its Royal Charter were the result of

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intense negotiation and ferocious argument.

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This had been highlighted in Sunday's BAFTA awards where the

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drama was Paul was one of the big winners. The director and a standing

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over ocean, speaking out on what he thinks our government attacks on the

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corporation. In many ways, our broadcasting, the BBC and Channel 4,

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they are attempting to this rate, it is the envy of the world and we

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should stand up and fight for it, not let it go by default. The

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director of Wolf Hall making the news.

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David Mellor was one of a number of view was concerned about what he

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called an apparent lack of impartiality. He said the

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following... Now, it is not everyday that we hear

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one of Britain's leaders making apparently private comments which

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may offend a foreign power. So, for that to happen twice on was

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extraordinary. We have some leaders of fantastically corrupt countries

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coming to Britain. Those pieces footage were first

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recorded at a reception at Buckingham Palace, marking the Queen

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's 90th birthday, then a palace garden party and were both filmed by

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a long-standing cameraman wearing a royal badge but working jointly for

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the BBC, ITN and Sky. Given potential for embarrassment, it

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surprised some viewers the footage came to be broadcast at all. But

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after the material was seen and heard at the BBC it was headline

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news here for the rest of the day. In a moment we will explore whether

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it should have been. Before that, a reminder of some

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previous occasions when what public figures said in private had a wider

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airing than they would have liked. The primer Mr has form on this, in

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2014 he was heard boasting tomb Michael Bloomberg, the New York

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mayor, saying how happy the Queen was on the referendum on Scottish

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independence. He was again caught out off-camera

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but on microphone preparing for a speech in Yorkshire with a joke that

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may not have gone down well with his audience.

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Previous prime ministers have also forgotten microphones were on, Sir

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John Major made industrial language back in 1993 about some of his

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Eurosceptic Cabinet colleagues after he finished giving an interview.

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And, the sound of President George Bush greeting the British Prime

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Minister with" yo Blair" in 2006 at a summit.

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In the 2010 election campaign, Gordon Brown described this woman as

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a bigoted woman, which caused a major headache.

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The Royal family has also faced embarrassment of this kind before.

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Prince Charles was heard describing the BBC royal correspondence

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Nicholas Witchell as "Awful" at a photocall in 2005.

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Interesting and often amusing insights into view is often kept

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behind closed doors, but the broadcasters right to share with the

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rest of us, this yo comments they would rather were kept secret.

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One of our viewers joins us now from Brighton.

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Claire, what bothers you about this coverage? I thought it was a private

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discussion the Queen was having with a guest at the Buckingham Palace

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garden party. And it seemed to have been picked up on microphones, but

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it was The Choice of the news team to run this as a news item on

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Wednesday, setting the tone for news items for the rest of the day --

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elite news item. I thought it was wholly inappropriate. The Royal

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family are used to be being filmed this way, the fact the camera was

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there, they may have miscalculated what was over hard. But the argument

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is it is a good and real insight into real challenges -- overheard.

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Quite, but I think the references to the Chinese state visit, that was

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something clearly worked on very hard by a great number of diplomats,

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and I'm sure a very broad team of people, to deliver what, in effect

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at the time, was regarded as a very successful event. In choosing to Ed

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this piece of what I would regard as tabloid journalism, sensationalising

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comments where the Queen was clearly involved in a private discussion, I

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think it is wholly inappropriate -- air. The damage potentially caused

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by using footage like this from a broader diplomatic perspective I

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think also needs to be taken into account. The BBC officially an

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saying anything about this footage but I know there has been much

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discussion, including by journalists who would say it was not damaging,

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and certainly David Cameron 's comments about Nigeria and

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Afghanistan, about general corruption, was something most

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people would hardly dispute? It was regarded more as an insight and

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perhaps honesty? I don't agree at all, I think this is around trust,

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and principles, of communicating. And also the relationship between

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the palace and the BBC as well. I think on this occasion the BBC has

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gone too far and taken the wrong decision on choosing to Ed this

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story. And, making it the lead news item that day -- air. I think thou

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more serious stories going on in the world.

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All of the main broadcasters around the stories in the end, do you think

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you are out of step with what many members of the public feel they

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should know? We know the story about China was

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censored in that country and not reported, is that what we want? I

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don't think so at all but I think this comes down to a set of

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operating principles on behalf of the BBC, and item on the news to

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watch every day, relying on the fact the BBC is trusted, trusted by the

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UK population, and I think it should continue to be, -- to concentrate on

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creating good quality news stories, and I honestly feel on this occasion

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that this was very close to tabloid journalism, which I do not think has

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a place on the BBC at all. Claire Goring, thank you so much. Do

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let us know your thoughts on that or any aspect of BBC News.

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Details of how to contact us in a moment.

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Before that, some of your other comments in the last few days, when

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arguments over the forthcoming EU referendum have got evermore

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intense. One bone of contention is the

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make-up of various debates planned by broadcasters over the next few

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weeks. Robert Paxton has been the subject

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of furious attacks from the official vote Leave group after ITV, where he

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now works, announced they were inviting Ukip Bedene Nigel Farage

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and not one of their representatives onto a programme with the Prime

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Minister. Meanwhile, the BBC has faced

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criticism from the other direction after suggestions it would not be

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inviting Nigel Farage onto its own debate programme, at Wembley Arena

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two days before the referendum. The corporation says it has not yet

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decided who will be on the programme but the Ukip reader has already

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expressed concern there are plans to freeze him out, which has been

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echoed to us by Eric Adamson, who writes this...

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Who takes part in televised debates before a vote and what format they

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have has of course been a fraught topic before, with arguments over

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David Cameron 's participation in such programmes before the last

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general election. If anything, the problem is tricky at this time

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around as the vote Leave group, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove,

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boast Conservative MPs -- are both Conservative MPs. It seems the BBC

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live rally may go ahead without the participation of him or George

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Osborne, but this is something that we will certainly keep our eye on.

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Finally, the EU referendum has made one particular ubiquitous.

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One viewer left this message... No English dictionaries have any

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reference to the word Brexit, it is not a word, not a recognised word in

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the EU language. -- British land which, why use it? It is used by

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people in the media who do not have any regard to English language.

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-- language. Thank you for all of your comments this week, if you want

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to share your opinions on BBC news or current affairs, or even appear

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on the programme, call us on this number, or e-mail at this address.

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You can find us on Twitter, and do have a look at the website. That's

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all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about BBC News

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coverage again next week. Goodbye.

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