BBC not institutionally biased, News CEO Deborah Turness says after resigning
BBCBBC News chief executive Deborah Turness said the company was “not institutionally biased” after she resigned amid criticism that the Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump.
“Mistakes are made” but BBC journalists “are hard-working people who strive for impartiality,” he said in his first public statement since announcing he was quitting his post outside New Broadcasting House in London.
Both Turness and BBC director general Tim Davie resigned on Sunday in an unprecedented move following criticism of the programme.
published by the Telegraph Details of leaked BBC internal memo It suggested that the US president’s speech was altered to openly encourage the January 2021 Capitol Hill riot.
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