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Last Updated:November 10, 2025, 02:08 IST
BBC head Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resigned after The Telegraph revealed the BBC edited Donald Trump’s speech in a Panorama documentary, sparking criticism and an apology.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing in ceremony for US Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. (IMAGE: AFP FILE)
The head of the BBC, Tim Davie, and the UK national broadcaster’s head of news, Deborah Turness, resigned on Sunday after a report by UK newspaper The Telegraph alleged that the broadcaster edited a speech by US President Donald Trump in a way that linked him to the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riots and the associated violence.
The broadcaster’s chairman, Samir Shah, said an apology letter will be written to the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Monday to express regret over how the Panorama documentary spliced together parts of Trump’s remarks.
The BBC has faced mounting criticism for editing a speech that Trump delivered on January 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the US Capitol in Washington. On that day, thousands of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., as Congress met to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. The crowd breached security barriers, clashed with police and ransacked offices, forcing lawmakers to evacuate and temporarily halting the certification process.
The violence left five people dead and hundreds injured, including law enforcement officers. The attack was widely condemned across the political spectrum as an assault on American democracy, and it led to Trump’s second impeachment by the US House of Representatives for “incitement of insurrection." He was later acquitted by the Senate.
Following The Telegraph’s report, the broadcaster came under scrutiny after observers noted that the edited version of Trump’s speech used in the Panorama documentary was misleading and omitted the section where Trump had called on his supporters to demonstrate peacefully.
The documentary, produced by BBC Panorama and titled Trump: A Second Chance?, was broadcast by the BBC the week before last year’s US election.
Shankhyaneel Sarkar is a Chief Sub-Editor at News18. He covers international affairs, where he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has over seven years of experience during which he has covered se...Read More
Shankhyaneel Sarkar is a Chief Sub-Editor at News18. He covers international affairs, where he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has over seven years of experience during which he has covered se...
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November 10, 2025, 02:08 IST
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