Departing Davie "proud" of BBC journalists after Trump legal threat
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The BBC's outgoing Director General Tim Davie addressed staff as he makes way following accusations the British broadcaster is biased against US President Donald Trump. The Corporation faces litigation from Trump.
The outgoing boss arriving for one his last times at BBC Broadcasting House.
Director General Tim Davie resigned along with the head of news as Donald Trump threatens to sue.
A BBC memo described parts of their own coverage of Trump's successful election campaign as biased and misleading.
Tim Davie arrived to address staff on what is likely to be his last day in the building, the outgoing Director general said: "Proud of our journalists in this building. They're doing work I think is incredibly important. I want to thank every one of them. They're doing a wonderful job. Also everyone across the BBC doing this thing for the UK and personally I'm here to lead and support them. The BBC is going to be thriving and I support everyone of the team very proud of them."
An edit of this Trump speech made after his loss to Joe Biden has caused "an existential crisis" for the BBC.
The Panorama documentary entitled: "Trump: A Second Chance?" aired last year in the lead up to Trump's White House return.
It substantially altered a section, changing Trump's intention and meaning.
Here is what he actually said: "We're gonna walk down to the Capitol, and we're gonna cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.
The BBC programme cut from "walk down to the Captiol" to a much later moment when Trump urged his supporters to "fight like hell".
The edit suggests Trump was inciting violence ahead of the Capitol riots that followed.
This misleading BBC edit has led to two major resignations, accusations of systemic anti-Trump bias and an apology from the corporation after reviewing its coverage.
"By and large, we were told we'd done a very good job. There were some areas (on US election) where we had not done such a good job," BBC Chair Samir Shah said, "One of them was a Panorama Now, in hindsight, we could have acted earlier, but we didn't. And so today I have announced that we have looked into it and we have apologised."
The President's lawyers could claim one billion US dollars in damages. Some say Trump is trying to leverage favourable coverage.
Julie Posetti of the International Centre for Journalists is critical of the BBC's outgoing Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness for not being stronger and reacting quicker. "I think it is part of a pattern of capitulation, which we certainly saw with CBS in the U.S., with reference to Trump's threats to sue CBS or actions to litigate. And perhaps there was concern on the BBC's part about similar potential litigation."
Inside, the search for replacements for the BBC's top jobs begins.
