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LONDON: The outgoing boss of BBC sought to rally his journalists on Tuesday, saying that although they had made mistakes they needed to fight for their work as the broadcaster confronts legal action by US President Donald Trump.
The British Broadcasting Corporation has been plunged into its biggest crisis in decades after its two most senior staffers, Director General Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness, quit following criticism over standards and accusations of bias at the corporation, including in connection with the way it edited a speech by Trump.
The president’s lawyers have said the BBC must retract by Friday the documentary in which the edited speech was aired, or face a lawsuit for “no less” than $1 billion.
Davie told staff that he was fiercely proud of the publicly funded organisation, while acknowledging that “we have made some mistakes that have cost us”.
