BBC director resigns after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a Trump speech

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Outgoing BBC Director-General Tim Davie, who announced his resignation on Sunday because of the scandal, said the BBC needed “to fight for our journalism” in the face of growing attacks.

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+26: Two BBC leaders, Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News Head Deborah Turness, resigned on Sunday after it emerged that the British news organization edited footage of US President Donald Trump in a misleading fashion. Trump has now threatened to sue. A recent poll found the BBC was one of the most trusted news organizations in the US: Americans were 26 percentage points more likely to call it trustworthy, making it the second-most trusted …

BBC director general quits over Trump reporting

The BBC’s director general resigned over a report suggesting the broadcaster had misleadingly edited a speech by US President Donald Trump. The internal memo, uncovered by The Daily Telegraph, said that a 2024 documentary stitched together two quotes from Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 address, making it seem as though he explicitly encouraged the attack on the Capitol; the author also suggested there was bias elsewhere in BBC reporting, including over Is…

Top BBC Executives Resign Following Backlash Over Edit of Trump Speech

Two top executives at the BBC on Sunday abruptly resigned following backlash over the public broadcaster’s edit of a speech made by President Trump on January 6, 2021, before a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. The resignation of BBC director general Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness came just days after The Daily Telegraph published details of a leaked internal memo that said a BBC documentary edited Trump’s remarks in a way …

BBC director OUT after outlet's J6 fakery about Trump, POTUS reacts · American Wire News

The latest development at the “dying” BBC found President Donald Trump reacting to the departure of some “very dishonest people” alleged to have sought to influence the 2024 presidential election. It’s often said that those wishing to get a glimpse at where the United States is heading, if it continues riding the slippery slope of the left, need only peek across the pond at what’s going on in Europe. Over the weekend, however, at least one examp…