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 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. Bbc chair samir shah responded to tim davie and deborah turness's statements as the pair's exits were announced on sunday evening.
Tessa Layne
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’
