The BBC’s director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump.
Davie, in the job for five years, had faced increasing pressure over a series of controversies and accusations of bias that have dogged the public broadcaster.
The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal BBC memo on Monday that suggested the Panorama programme edited two parts of the US president’s speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riot of January 2021.
UK political leaders expressed hope the resignations would lead to change, while Trump welcomed the decision.
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More: Four years ago, I gathered all the evidence from an antisemitic attack against a bus full of Jewish teens celebrating Chanukah. I spoke to victims, had Hebrew audio verified and translated by linguistic experts, and presented it to the BBC whose reporters and editors decided to completely invent a falsehood that blamed the Jewish teens.
I predict the inevitable lawsuit will seek £100M. We shall see what the settlement offer looks like.
A SLAP well deserved.
Hopefully the lawsuit is still moving forward “for damages”
The people who actually did the video splicing? They’re still employed by BBC “News” ?
maybe they were only “following orders”?
There’s a lot of that going on.
A quick comparison of CBC vs BBC financial reports:
https://site-cbc.radio-canada.ca/documents/impact-and-accountability/finances/2025/2024-2025-annual-report.pdf
CBC 2024/2025 pg 32:
… $588,668,000 from revenue (30%)
… $1,407,403,000 from “government” funding (70%)
… $1,964,812,000 in expenses, plus $12,000,000 in income tax expenses!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/documents/bbc-annual-report-and-accounts-24-25.pdf
BBC 2024/2025 pg 61:
… £3,843,000 from subscribers (65%) BBC TV licence fee £174.50 a year
… £2,057,000 from commercials and grants (35%)
Conclusion: the CBC are much better crooks.
https://x.com/LichTamara/status/1987908660186759313