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After watching Alex Salmonds press briefing yesterday morning and his exchange with Nick Robinson, which was shown live on BBC News 24. I wondered how self confessed Tory Nick Robinson would edit it together for the main evening News bulletin.

Tory boy Nick didin't disappoint, never let the facts get in the way of a good story as they say.

Only problem is that the BBC who are funded by us the TV licence paying public, have a mandate to remain impartial at all times.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/about/how_we_govern/charter.pdf
From page nine para. 3 of the above BBC Charter
The BBC’s public nature and its objects

(1) The BBC exists to serve the public interest.
(2) The BBC’s main object is the promotion of its Public Purposes.
(3) In addition, the BBC may maintain, establish or acquire subsidiaries through which
commercial activities may be undertaken to any extent permitted by a Framework
Agreement. (The BBC’s general powers enable it to maintain, establish or acquire
subsidiaries for purposes sufficiently connected with its Public Purposes – see article
47(3) and (4)).
4. The Public Purposes
The Public Purposes of the BBC are as follows—
(a) sustaining citizenship and civil society;
(b) promoting education and learning;
(c) stimulating creativity and cultural excellence;
(d) representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities;
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(e) bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK;
(f) in promoting its other purposes, helping to deliver to the public the benefit of
emerging communications technologies and services and, in addition, taking a
leading role in the switchover to digital television

And from Para. 6

The independence of the BBC
(1) The BBC shall be independent in all matters concerning the content of its output, the
times and manner in which this is supplied, and in the management of its affairs.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to any provision made by or under this Charter or any Framework
Agreement or otherwise by law.