Overview
- Director-general Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, saying they bore ultimate responsibility for editorial errors.
- BBC chair Samir Shah apologized in a letter to Parliament for a “misjudgement” and is set to answer questions from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
- The Panorama episode “Trump: A Second Chance?” aired a week before the 2024 US election and stitched two nonconsecutive lines from Trump’s Jan. 6 remarks, creating the impression of a direct call to violence.
- The BBC has launched an internal review of Panorama’s editorial and control processes as Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy calls the allegations “extremely serious.”
- Trump praised the Telegraph’s reporting and his spokeswoman labeled the BBC “100% Fake News,” while Turness said BBC News is not institutionally biased and Prime Minister Keir Starmer voiced support for a strong, independent BBC.