The resignation of the head of the BBC. It's about a criticized document about Trump

BBC director-general Tim Davie and executive director of news Deborah Turness have resigned over criticism of the way President Donald Trump's comments were edited in the documentary, the BBC announced on Sunday evening.

The program was produced for British public television by an external company – reminds the BBC.

As AFP explains, the broadcaster was criticized by The Telegraph newspaper for the way in which two of Trump's statements were put together. An internal BBC email received by the conservative daily suggested that the president's words, edited in this way, constituted a direct and clear call in 2021 to his supporters to attack the Capitol on January 6 this year.

🚨 BREAKING: Tim Davie is set to resign as director-general of the BBC after a Telegraph investigation into bias at the broadcaster, according to reports

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The documentary, which included Trump's statement, was broadcast a week before the 2024 presidential election on the BBC's flagship program “Panorama”. It edited two fragments of the same speech by the president in such a way that he appears to tell his supporters that he will march with them to the Capitol and they will “fight like hell.” In fact, Trump said, “We will go to the Capitol and encourage our brave senators and congressmen,” and the phrase “fight like hell” is used later in his speech.

The email, which was leaked to The Telegraph's editorial office, contained an assessment by the BBC's standards adviser, who he listed the mistakes made, including the way the material about Trump was edited.

The British public broadcaster was also accused of failing to remain politically neutral in reporting on Israel's war with Hamas.

BBC chairman Samir Shah released a statement saying: “This is a sad day for the BBC, Tim has been a brilliant CEO over the last five years.”

BREAKING: BBC Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resign amid controversy over Trump speech editing pic.twitter.com/DVyJeeq1be

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British Culture Minister Lisa Nandy said earlier on Sunday that the allegations against the BBC were very serious.

On Monday, Shah was summoned to give an explanation on the matter before the parliament's committee on culture and media.

In a notice sent to staff about his decision, Tim Davie wrote that “the current debate about BBC news” had prompted him to resign.

“While the BBC generally works well, mistakes have occurred and ultimately it is the director-general who must be held accountable for this.”

Davie said it was his decision alone and he was working with the BBC management on a timetable for handing over his duties to his successor in the coming months.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, after making public the information about the resignation of Davie and Turness, posted photos of two articles on the Leavitt previously called the British broadcaster “100 percent fake news.”

One of the first British politicians to react to Sunday's resignations was the leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Ed Davey. “The BBC is not perfect, but it remains one of the few institutions standing between British values ​​and a Trump-style populist takeover of our politics,” Davey said. (PAP)

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