<span>STORY: :: News director who stops following accusations of bias says BBC ‘not corrupt’</span><span>:: London, England </span><span>:: November 10, 2025 </span><span>:: Deborah Turness, BBC News CEO</span><span>“I would like to say that it has been the privilege of my career to serve as CEO of BBC News and to work with our team of wonderful journalists. I resigned over the weekend as it left me in charge. But I want to make one thing very clear: BBC News is not institutionally biased. That is why it is the world’s most trusted news provider.”</span><span>“Of course, our journalists are not corrupt. Our journalists are hard-working people who strive for impartiality, and I will stand behind their journalism.” </span><span>REPORTER: “Is there an institutional bias?”</span><span>“There is no institutional bias. Mistakes are made, but there is no institutional bias.”</span><span>REPORTER: “So why weren’t the mistakes in Trump, anti-Semitism, women’s rights addressed?”</span><span>“I’m sure this story will come out. But for now, I’ll go in and see our teams.”</span><span>The publicly funded BBC has been under increasing pressure after an internal report by a former standards adviser was leaked to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, citing failings in its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, transgender issues and a speech by Trump.</span><span>Trump welcomed the departures, criticizing the two as “very dishonest people” after the BBC’s flagship Panorama program spliced together two parts of one of their speeches to appear to encourage the January 2021 Capitol Hill riot.</span>
