LONDON, November 10. /TASS/. The Russian embassy in the UK called the BBC a propaganda and disinformation tool, saying that one day the British Broadcasting Corporation will have to answer and apologize for villainizing and slandering Russia.
"As a result of the scandals that led to the resignation of the BBC's director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness, the world has once again seen that the BBC is nothing more than a propaganda and disinformation tool. Its journalists select and manipulate facts, censor information that does not fit into the biased stance of the leadership. As we can see, they do not hesitate to independently create and disseminate false claims," the diplomatic mission said in a comment obtained by TASS.
"We are confident that the time will come when the BBC bosses will have to answer for their Russophobia and publicly apologize for years and decades of slander about our country."
About the scandal
The BBC was at the center of a scandal over the Panorama program, which the broadcasting corporation aired last October. In it, reporters spliced two parts of one of US President Donald Trump's speeches together so he appeared to be encouraging the Capitol Hill riot of January 2021, although in fact he was talking about the need to protest peacefully.
