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Presenter Martine Croxall is being investigated by BBC News for a "potential breach of impartiality".

The PA news agency has also reported Croxall has been taken off air until the investigation is complete.

It follows complaints on social media that she displayed bias while hosting Sunday's newspaper review programme.

During her introduction, after Boris Johnson ruled himself out from the Conservative leadership race, Croxall told viewers she felt "gleeful".

The programme aired around 90 minutes after the former prime minister claimed to have enough support to progress in the Tory leadership race, but had decided to withdraw.

As The Papers programme began just after 22:30 on Sunday evening, Croxall told viewers: "Well this is all very exciting isn't it? Welcome to our lookahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. Am I allowed to be this gleeful? Well I am."

She was then seen asking her guests: "Can we even show you the front pages just yet, have they arrived? No they haven't arrived. It's all a little bit, you know, lastminute.com isn't it? Because all the front pages were probably out of date by the time we received them."

On Monday, a BBC spokesperson said: "BBC News is urgently reviewing last night's edition of The Papers on the News Channel for a potential breach of impartiality.

"It is imperative that we maintain the highest editorial standards. We have processes in place to uphold our standards, and these processes have been activated."

One Conservative MP, Neil O'Brien, called the the presenter's comments "self destructive".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63376310

[Liam-]

Yet the likes of Fiona Bruce and Laura Keunsberg will continue get away with their very blatant bias for the Tories, because despite popular right wing beliefs, the bbc is run by and for the Tories

[arista]

Leave her alone


She has a Horrid Husband
who just sits there saying nothing,

[The Slim Reaper]

Has arista just announced he's married?

[arista]

Her Top Team
Assisting her

[Crimson Dynamo]

She needs her jotters

unacceptable

[arista]

[rusticgal]

Silly cow…

[UserSince2005]

Silly bitch

[Beso]

Taking the dollar from the paedo protectors. Unimportant nobody.

[UserSince2005]

Originally Posted by arista

Leave her alone


She has a Horrid Husband
who just sits there saying nothing,

Freaky weirdo wants BBC now I suppose

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Yet the likes of Fiona Bruce and Laura Keunsberg will continue get away with their very blatant bias for the Tories, because despite popular right wing beliefs, the bbc is run by and for the Tories

Didn't the Channel also cancel Holby City because of it's anti-Tory agenda? Even though there were Shows rating worse.

Basically I agree with you, the BBC can't do anything without the Tories say so.