The director general of the bbc, tim davie, resigned abruptly on sunday following a report suggesting that a program made by the public service broadcaster had misleadingly edited a speech by. Bbc chair samir shah responded to tim davie and deborah turness's statements as the pair's exits were announced on sunday evening. The bbc is now in a crisis The organisation’s director general, tim davie, and the head of bbc news, deborah turness, have resigned from their positions, following furore over claims that a documentary misleadingly edited footage of donald trump’s speech before the january 6 capitol riot The us president welcoming the news, called the executives ‘corrupt journalists’ Bbc director general tim davie and ceo of news deborah turness have resigned from the bbc after a clip of a donald trump speech was edited for a panorama documentary last year.
The director general of the bbc has sensationally quit over the corporation’s handling of claims one of its flagship programmes “doctored” a speech by donald trump
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