Davey and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, are resigning amid the row over current US President Donald Trump's edited speech, the report said.
The media notes that Trump's speech was shown on the BBC Panorama program.
Davey himself said that “the BBC is not perfect.”
“We must always be open, transparent and accountable. While this is not the only reason, the current debate surrounding BBC News understandably influenced my decision. Overall the BBC is doing well, but some mistakes have been made and as director general I must take ultimate responsibility,” the BBC boss explained.
Turness agreed that mistakes were made but rejected accusations of bias. She explained that the exact timing of the dismissal is already being agreed upon with the board of directors of the television and radio company.
On November 3, Britain's The Telegraph published a story alleging that the 2024 BBC documentary Trump: A Second Chance? “misled viewers” with an edited speech Trump gave On January 6, 2021, at a rally in front of the White House, followed by the storming of the Capitol.
The Telegraph reported that Michael Prescott, a former independent adviser to the corporation's Editorial Standards Committee, noted in a memo that two different parts of Trump's speech were edited to make it appear as if Trump was encouraging the riot.
After this, British Culture Minister Lisa Nandy drew attention to the “very serious” situation with the program about Trump, who said that other complaints were made against the BBC, including “systemic bias in the coverage of complex issues.”
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Davey became director general of the BBC in September 2020. In total, he worked at the television company for 20 years.
Turness has led BBC News since 2022. She had more than 5 thousand employees under her command.
