BBC chief executives resign over Trump speech editing controversy

The BBC's director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after the corporation came under fire over a Panorama documentary that was accused of misleadingly editing a speech by US President Donald Trump, the newsmaker itself writes. 

Davie, who spent 20 years at the BBC, five of them as Director-General, acknowledged late on November 9 that "there have been some mistakes made and as director general I have to take ultimate responsibility"

Turness said the ongoing controversy around the Panorama documentary was causing "damage to the BBC" and "the buck stops with me"

She echoed Davie's acknowledgement that "mistakes have been made", but rejected recent allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased

Donald Trump welcomed the news on Truth Social, writing: "The TOP people in the BBC, including TIM DAVIE, the BOSS, are all quitting/FIRED, because they were caught “doctoring” my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6th"

For now, there remains no information on when a new director general will be appointed.

By Khagan Isayev