Top BBC executives resign over edited Trump speech
發佈日期: 2025-11-10 23:38
TVB News
The head of the BBC and the British broadcaster's top news executive have both resigned.
This, amid criticism of the way the organisation edited a speech by US President Donald Trump.
The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness had both decided to leave the corporation.
Britain's publicly funded national broadcaster has been criticised for editing a speech US President Donald Trump made on January 6th, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington D.C, cutting out a section where he said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully.
An internal report by a former standards adviser that was leaked to the Daily Telegraph newspaper also cited failings in the BBC's coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and transgender issues.
In a letter to staff, Davie said quitting the job after five years "is entirely his decision."
He added "overall the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as director-general he has to take ultimate responsibility."
Turness said the controversy about the Trump documentary "has reached a stage where it is causing damage to the BBC."
She said "in public life leaders need to be fully accountable, and that is why she is stepping down."
US President Trump welcomed the departures, criticising the two as "very dishonest people."
The 103-year-old BBC faces much scrutiny from the British public and criticism from its commercial rivals.
This, because of its status as a national institution funded through an annual license fee paid by all households that own a television or watch the BBC's streaming content.
It is also bound by the terms of its charter to be impartial in its output.
