Overview
- Reports say chairman Samir Shah is expected to apologise in a letter to MPs, with the BBC confirming he will deliver a full response to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Monday.
- The row escalated after a leaked 19‑page assessment by former BBC adviser Michael Prescott alleged Panorama spliced parts of Donald Trump’s January 6 speech nearly an hour apart.
- The programme’s edit presented Trump as urging supporters to "fight like hell" while omitting his call to march "peacefully and patriotically," the memo said.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the BBC "100% fake news" and a "leftist propaganda machine" in comments to the Telegraph.
- The Prescott dossier also criticises BBC Arabic’s Gaza coverage and the corporation’s handling of transgender issues, broadening scrutiny of the BBC beyond the Trump documentary.