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BBC Chair Tries to Calm Political ‘Firestorm’ Over Trump Edit

Stung by accusations of liberal bias and threatened by a president’s lawsuit, the BBC’s chair apologized again on Monday to a parliamentary committee for failing to swiftly acknowledge misleading editing in a documentary about President Trump. But he said the British broadcaster had unjustly become a political football. “There is a kind of firestorm around […]

‘This is not a leaving speech’: Tim Davie rallies a shaken BBC as he prepares to step down

As Tim Davie is forced to step aside, the outgoing BBC director general left his staff with a firm message: “fight for our journalism,” he told employees on Tuesday, only days after Donald Trump threatened to sue the corporation for $1 billion over a Panorama programme.Speaking during a 40-minute internal call, Davie acknowledged the mounting […]

Anti-Trump bias? Hamas controversy? Why BBC Director-General Tim Davie had to resign | World News

FILE – BBC Director-General Tim Davie is pictured at BBC World Service offices in London, Thursday, April 28, 2022. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP, File) BBC Director-General Tim Davie resigned after a week of mounting controversies that left the public broadcaster reeling. His exit, alongside BBC News chief Deborah Turness, followed outrage over a Panorama episode […]

‘Exposing corrupt journalists’: Donald Trump reacts to BBC boss Tim Davie stepping down over Jan 6 speech row

US President Donald Trump on Sunday responded to the resignation of Tim Davie as Director‑General of the BBC. The MAGA chief thanked The Telegraph for “exposing corrupt journalists.“ On his social‑media platform Truth Social, he posted: “The TOP people in the BBC, including TIM DAVIE, the BOSS, are all quitting/FIRED, because they were caught ‘doctoring’ […]

Why did BBC director-general Tim Davie resign? Inside the row over doctored Trump January 6 speech

The head of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Tim Davie, announced his resignation on Sunday, ending a 20‑year career with the broadcaster and his five‑year tenure as director‑general. His departure comes amid a swirling row over the corporation’s editorial standards. What triggered the move The immediate cause was a documentary from the BBC’s flagship current‑affairs […]