The Director-General and Head of News at the BBC resigned following the Trump documentary controversy
BBC Director-General Tim Davie and Head of News Deborah Turness resigned from their positions following the escalation of criticism over the controversial editing of a documentary about Donald Trump. In this documentary, which was broadcast on the Panorama channel, a portion of Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021, was edited in such a way that viewers believed he was directly calling on his supporters to attack the Capitol building.
After the disclosure of an internal BBC report and intense political pressure, the board of this organization announced that the BBC would soon formally apologize for the misleading editing, which was contrary to the principles of impartiality.
The current crisis has been described as the biggest test of public trust in the BBC since the scandal over the coverage of the Iraq War.