The head of the BBC resigned Sunday after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a speech by President Donald Trump. Reporter Bernie Bennett has details. VERBATIM: The BBC said that director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness both announced their resignations on Sunday. Britain’s public broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech […]
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BBC Leaders Resign After Editing President Trump’s Remarks
The head of the BBC resigned Sunday after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a speech by President Donald Trump.
Reporter Bernie Bennett has details.
VERBATIM: The BBC said that director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness both announced their resignations on Sunday.
Britain’s public broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech then-President 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 was misleading and cut out a section where Mr. Trump said that he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully.
Bernie Bennett reporting.