Overview
- Director-General Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness stepped down after days of criticism of Panorama’s edit of Trump’s Jan. 6 remarks.
- Chair Samir Shah told lawmakers the edit was an error of judgment that created the impression of a direct call to violent action.
- The programme stitched together quotes nearly an hour apart, omitting Trump’s call for supporters to demonstrate peacefully.
- Trump and White House aides castigated the BBC, while UK politicians split between defending the institution and demanding reform.
- The BBC promised a full account to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee and confronts wider impartiality and governance questions as a charter review looms.