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BBC Chief and Head of News Quit Over Panorama Edit of Trump Jan. 6 Speech

The departures set up a parliamentary reckoning over Panorama’s edit, sharpening scrutiny of the BBC’s editorial standards.

Le directeur général de la BBC, Tim Davie, a présenté sa démission dimanche 9 novembre 2025.
Siège de la BBC à Portland Place, à Londres, alors que Tim Davie et Deborah Turness ont annoncé leurs démissions, le 9 novembre 2025.
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Les quartiers généraux de la BBC, à Londres.

Overview

  • BBC chair Samir Shah is due before Parliament’s Culture and Media Committee on Monday, with multiple outlets reporting he is preparing an apology.
  • The disputed Panorama segment stitched separate lines from Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech to suggest he would march with supporters to the Capitol to “fight like devils,” a pairing not contiguous in the original address.
  • The controversy surfaced after the Daily Telegraph published a 19‑page memo from a former BBC standards insider that alleged bias and catalogued errors, including the Trump montage.
  • Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy called the accusations “extremely serious” and voiced concern about possible systemic bias in how difficult subjects are handled.
  • The crisis comes shortly after Ofcom ruled on October 17 that a BBC Gaza report breached broadcast rules, as President Trump and White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt condemned the Panorama edit as deliberately dishonest.