BBC chief resigns amid scandal over edited Trump footage
Trump hailed the resignations on Truth Social, claiming the executives were “caught doctoring my very good (PERFECT!) speech”
LONDON (MNTV) — BBC Director-General Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resigned Sunday following revelations that a documentary edited footage of former US President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 speech in a misleading way.
The resignations came after The Telegraph published a leaked internal memo suggesting that BBC’s Panorama program, aired a week before the 2024 US presidential election, combined two separate segments of Trump’s remarks to make it appear he explicitly encouraged the Capitol riots.
Davie, who led the broadcaster for five years, said the ongoing controversy contributed to his decision.
“Like all public organizations, the BBC is not perfect, and we must always be open, transparent, and accountable,” he said. “There have been some mistakes made, and as director general, I have to take ultimate responsibility.”
Trump hailed the resignations on Truth Social, claiming the executives were “caught doctoring my very good (PERFECT!) speech” and accusing the BBC of trying to “tip the scales” in the election. He also called the broadcaster’s actions “a terrible thing for democracy.”
The BBC confirmed that the documentary spliced together two excerpts of Trump’s speech that were over 50 minutes apart. In the original address, Trump told supporters, “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.”
But in the edited version, he was shown saying, “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.”
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt called the BBC a “leftist propaganda machine” and labeled the report “100% fake news.”
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