Overview
- The BBC confirmed on Sunday that director-general Tim Davie and the corporation’s head of news will step down.
- The dispute centers on a Panorama episode that spliced separate lines from Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech to suggest he would march to the Capitol to “fight like devils.”
- BBC chair Samir Shah has been called to appear before the Culture and Media Committee on Monday, with the corporation saying he will deliver a full response and multiple outlets reporting he will apologize.
- Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy called the allegation extremely serious and voiced concerns about what she described as systemic bias in the handling of difficult subjects.
- Scrutiny of BBC editorial standards has intensified since Ofcom ruled on October 17 that a separate Gaza report breached broadcasting rules by failing to disclose a key familial link.