Overview
- Chair Samir Shah called the Panorama edit an error of judgment and said it gave the impression of a direct call to violence in Trump’s Jan. 6 speech.
- Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, taking responsibility while denying claims of institutional bias.
- The BBC board is due to explain the episode to Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee, with a formal response requested by lawmakers.
- Trump welcomed the departures and, according to the AP, sent a legal threat demanding compensation and warning of a $1 billion lawsuit over the program.
- The crisis comes as a charter review looms for 2027 and after earlier controversies, including a flawed Gaza documentary and a regulator sanction, with searches underway for successors.