"The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness had both decided to leave the corporation. Britain's public broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington. Critics said that the way the speech was edited for a BBC documentary last year was misleading and cut out a section where Trump said that he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully."
"In a letter to staff, Davie said quitting the job after five years "is entirely my decision." "Overall the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as director-general I have to take ultimate responsibility," Davie said. He said that he was "working through exact timings with the Board to allow for an orderly transition to a successor over the coming months.""
"Pressure on the broadcaster's top executives has been growing since the Daily Telegraph newspaper published parts of a dossier complied by Michael Prescott, who had been hired to advise the BBC on standards and guidelines. As well as the Trump edit, it criticized the BBC's coverage of transgender issues and raised concerns of anti-Israel bias in the BBC's Arabic service."
Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resigned as BBC Director-General and news CEO after criticism surrounding the editing of President Trump's Jan. 6, 2021 speech. The documentary edit was accused of being misleading by omitting a section in which Trump urged supporters to demonstrate peacefully. Davie described quitting as entirely his decision and accepted ultimate responsibility while arranging an orderly transition. Turness said the controversy was causing damage, accepted accountability and rejected claims of institutional bias in BBC News. Pressure escalated after publication of parts of a dossier by Michael Prescott criticizing the Trump edit, transgender coverage, and alleged anti-Israel bias in the Arabic service.
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