{"id":55470,"date":"2025-11-09T20:42:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bbcs-director-and-head-of-news-resign-amid-trump-speech-edit-controversy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T20:42:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:42:26","slug":"bbcs-director-and-head-of-news-resign-amid-trump-speech-edit-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bbcs-director-and-head-of-news-resign-amid-trump-speech-edit-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC&#8217;s director and head of news resign amid Trump speech edit controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The head of the BBC and its CEO of news resigned Sunday after criticism of the broadcaster&#8217;s editing of a speech by President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cd9kqz1yyxkt*link=*7B*22role*22:*22standard*22,*22href*22:*22https:\/*www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cd9kqz1yyxkt*22,*22affiliate*22:*22*22,*22target*22:*22_blank*22,*22absolute*22:*22*22,*22linkText*22:*22BBC*22*7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BBC<\/a>\u00a0said Director-General Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness both announced their resignation on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s public broadcaster has been criticized for the way it edited a speech Mr. Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Portions of the speech were included in a documentary on its high-profile Panorama program and critics said they had been misleadingly edited, missing out a section where Mr. Trump said that he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/09\/c7ad2263-d652-48b2-b760-9804fde45926\/thumbnail\/620x414\/f95bbb4c1c4a6c0efcc447e5de04ae75\/ap25313668943895.jpg#\" alt=\"Britain BBC \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/09\/c7ad2263-d652-48b2-b760-9804fde45926\/thumbnail\/620x414\/f95bbb4c1c4a6c0efcc447e5de04ae75\/ap25313668943895.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/09\/c7ad2263-d652-48b2-b760-9804fde45926\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/035e1826dacce4192ac8c78756cbb943\/ap25313668943895.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Former BBC Director-General Tim Davie is pictured at BBC World Service offices in London, Thursday, April 28, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Hannah McKay \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a letter to staff, Davie said quitting the job after five years &#8220;is entirely my decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overall, the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as director-general I have to take ultimate responsibility,&#8221; Davie said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he was &#8220;working through exact timings with the Board to allow for an orderly transition to a successor over the coming months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Turness said that the controversy about the Trump documentary &#8220;has reached a stage where it is causing damage to the BBC \u2014 an institution that I love. As the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, the buck stops with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While mistakes have been made, I want to be absolutely clear recent allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased are wrong,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/09\/a5124496-6932-4d90-9b36-1e4065d44123\/thumbnail\/620x422\/f711763f23e3cc51378d37f097ebed53\/gettyimages-1246298122.jpg#\" alt=\"BBC Breakfast 40th anniversary \" height=\"422\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/09\/a5124496-6932-4d90-9b36-1e4065d44123\/thumbnail\/620x422\/f711763f23e3cc51378d37f097ebed53\/gettyimages-1246298122.jpg 1x, 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the edit of Mr. Trump, the dossier criticized the BBC&#8217;s coverage of transgender issues and raised concerns about alleged anti-Israel bias in the BBC&#8217;s Arabic service.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Nandy, the United Kingdom&#8217;s culture secretary, thanked Davie &#8220;for his service to public broadcasting over the years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has led the BBC through a period of significant change and helped the organisation to grip the challenges it has faced in recent years,&#8221; she said in a statement on X. &#8220;Now more than ever, the need for trusted news and high quality programming is essential to our democratic and cultural life, and our place in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The BBC faces greater scrutiny than other broadcasters \u2014 and criticism from its commercial rivals \u2014 because of its status as a national institution funded through an annual license fee of 174.50 pounds ($230) paid by all households with a television.<\/p>\n<p>It is also bound by the terms of 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