US EditionBBC Launches Hunt for New Boss as Trump Row Rumbles On
BBC executives face parliamentary scrutiny after a Panorama edit misrepresented Trump's Jan. 6 speech, leading to resignations and a $1 billion lawsuit threat, report says.
- On Monday at 3:30pm the Culture, Media and Sport Committee will question BBC chair Samir Shah, board member Sir Robbie Gibb and former external editorial adviser Michael Prescott on editorial standards in the House of Commons.
- The leaked advisory sent to DCMS and Ofcom revealed Michael Prescott did not know how the leaked memo about selective editing of Donald Trump's January 6, 2021 speech reached the Daily Telegraph and said he is a strong supporter of the BBC.
- In the immediate fallout, senior executives resigned as Samir Shah, BBC chair, apologised for an 'error of judgment'; Trump's legal team called the edit 'false, defamatory, malicious, disparaging, and inflammatory' while the FCC opened an investigation.
- On Monday the BBC advertised its director-general vacancy on its careers site with a Dec. 31 application deadline, and last week board member Shumeet Banerji announced he would leave.
- Prescott warned MPs of 'incipient problems' and 'systemic causes' at the BBC, while Sir Robbie Gibb denied calls for his removal, and Keir Starmer did not discuss the Gibb issue during his Sunday call with Donald Trump focused on Ukraine.
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BBC ‘Too Slow to Act’ on Trump ‘Panorama’ Edit Memo, Chairman Says
BBC Chairman Samir Shah said the corporation was too slow in responding to the leaked memo exposing the “Panorama” editing of President Donald Trump’s speech on Jan. 6, 2021. Shah was giving evidence to British lawmakers on Nov. 24 when he was asked about his reaction following the memo, in which a former BBC adviser raised multiple concerns about apparent biases within the corporation’s news output. The “Panorama” documentary was broadcast a we…
Trump suspected of ulterior motives in $1B fight with BBC: ‘He doesn’t care if he wins’
Donald Trump “doesn’t care” whether his lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Company is successful, according to the Freedom of the Press Foundation advocacy director. The president leveled a $1 billion libel lawsuit at the BBC, warning damages could reach a staggering $5 billion after a documentary aired with two quotes from Trump spliced together. Trump previously claimed the BBC made “false, defamatory, disparaging and inflammatory statem…
Trump suspected of ulterior motives in $1B fight with BBC: 'He doesn't care if he wins'
Donald Trump "doesn't care" whether his lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Company is successful, according to the Freedom of the Press Foundation advocacy director. The president leveled a $1 billion libel lawsuit at the BBC, warning damages could reach a staggering $5 billion after a documen...
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