Fallout continues over BBC’s editorial standards and claims that exit of bosses is result of ‘campaign by political enemies’
The BBC chair, Samir Shah, has said the corporation would like to apologise for an “error of judgment” over the editing of a speech by Donald Trump for Panorama.
The apology follows the resignation of two of the corporation’s most senior figures on Sunday – the chief executive of BBC News, Deborah Turness, and the director general, Tim Davie – who announced their departure after concerns were raised in Michael Prescott’s leaked report that the speech had been selectively edited.
Now, as the fallout continues over the BBC’s editorial standards and claims that the exit of Turness and Davie is the result of “a campaign by political enemies of the BBC”, the process for finding their successors must soon get under way.
The BBC director general, Tim Davie, and head of news, Deborah Turness, resigned on Sunday after accusations that the corporation was failing in its duty of impartiality.
