The BBC’s head of news and its CEO resigned on Sunday after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of the President’s speech.
The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and Head of News Deborah Turing both announced their resignations on Sunday.
The British public broadcaster criticized the way Mr. Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters stormed the Capitol in Washington.
Parts of the speech were included in the document in its high panorama programs and critics said they were poorly edited, missing the section where Mr Trump told supporters to show peace.
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In a letter to employees, Davie said quitting after five years was “my thing.”
“Overall, the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as Director-General he has to take a lot of responsibility,” said David.
He said he is ‘working in real time with the Board to allow for an orderly transition to being a writer in the coming months.’
Tunness said the controversy surrounding the Trump document “has reached a stage where it is causing harm to the BBC – an institution that I love. As the CEO of BBC news and current affairs, the buck stops with me.”
“Although mistakes have been made, I want to be completely clear about the recent allegations that the BBC news is biased in terms of circumstances,” he added.
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Instead of social truth on Sunday, Mr. Trump thanked the Telegraph for “exposing these corrupt journalists. ‘”
“These are very dishonest people who are trying to get into the scales of the presidential election. Above all else, they come from another country, the one they look at is our democratic number. he said.
Pressure on the accused senior executives has been mounting since the British daily TELEgraph newspaper published parts of the dossier compiled by Michael Prescott, who was hired to advise the BBC on standards and programs.
Along with the arrangement of Mr. Trump, the Dossier criticized the BBC’s coverage of transgender issues and raised concerns about alleged Anti-Israel’s Bias in the BBC’s Arabic service.
Lisa Nandy, the United Kingdom’s Culture Secretary, thanked Davie for “his service to public broadcasting over the years.”
“He has led the BBC at a time of great change and helped the organization to meet the challenges it has faced in recent years,” said a statement to X. “Now is the need for our quality of life, and our place in the world.”
The BBC is facing greater scrutiny than other networks – and criticism from its commercial rivals – because of its status as a national broadcaster paid for by the annual 174.50 pounds ($230) paid by all households with a television.
It is also bound by the terms of its charter not to be selective in its exits, and critics are quick to point out where they think it has failed.
