Public broadcaster in the spotlight as director general and head of news resign
Government minister Louise Sandher-Jones has rejected suggestions the BBC was institutionally biased. The veterans minister told Sky News: “When you look at the huge range of domestic issues, local issues, international issues, that it has to cover, I think its output is very trusted.
“When I speak to people who’ve got very strongly held views on those, they’re still using the BBC for a lot of their information, it’s forming their views on this.”
Asked about Donald Trump’s comments on the BBC, she said: “President Trump will obviously speak for himself. Tim Davie and Deborah Turness have been quite clear that it’s their decision that they’ve stepped down and I note that the board has thanked them for their service and had said that it had supported them.
“But they’ve, as they’ve said, taken accountability for what the BBC has put out. I think it is very important that public figures have accountability.”
