23 h. ago Starmer Government backtracks after telling BBC to apologise to Trump over 'fake news' storm

No10 declines to repeat comments from a minister telling the Corporation to say sorry to the US president over its mistake in editing one of his speeches

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25 h. ago Tim Davie tells BBC staff to 'stand up for our journalism' but admits 'mistake' was made over Panorama clip of Donald Trump

Mr Davie spoke to journalists outside New Broadcasting House in London this morning - in his first public appearance since announcing his resignation on Sunday.

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36 h. ago Donald Trump tells BBC to apologise by Friday or face billion

BBC chairman Samir Shah apologised for an ‘error of judgment’ over the editing of a speech by Donald Trump for Panorama.

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45 h. ago Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1 billion as doctored speech row engulfs corporation

‘He’s a litigious fellow so we should be prepared for all outcomes,’ says BBC chairman Samir Shah

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45 h. ago Donald Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit as chair says speech edit was ‘error of judgment’ – latest updates

BBC chair Samir Shah apologises for way in which speech from US president was edited after corporation’s two most senior executives resignWe have heard from Culture, Media and Sport committee chair Caroline Dinenage, who has suggested that the outgoing BBC director Tim Davie ignored an internal dossier into bias at the BBC (see post at 09.06 for more detail on the dossier).She said Davie “ignored” concerns raised in Michael Prescott’s report over the way the speech by Donald Trump was edited for Panorama.I’m very sad about Tim Davie stepping down. I think he was an effective leader at the BBC.I think he was a great champion for public service media, but there is no escaping the fact that he was very slow to act on this particular issue. But this isn’t the first time and on this particular issue, Michael Prescott’s report, he just didn’t take it seriously until it was too late.I would like to say it has been the privilege of my career to serve as the CEO of BBC News and to work with ...

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45 h. ago Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1 BILLION over doctored Panorama speech as he demands a 'full and fair retraction' of documentary and other 'false and defamatory' statements

President Trump has set a deadline of 5pm EST (10pm in the UK) this Friday to 'comply' with his demands.

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47 h. ago Trump threatens legal action against the BBC as defiant chair Samir Shah fails to apologise to him and insists corporation is NOT institutionally biased

Samir Shah said he accepted that the way the US president's address was edited wrongly gave the impression that he had issued a 'direct call for violent action'.

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47 h. ago Donald Trump 'threatens to sue BBC' as doctored speech row engulfs corporation

‘He’s a litigious fellow so we should be prepared for all outcomes,’ says BBC chairman Samir Shah

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48 h. ago BBC chair Samir Shah apologises for 'error of judgment' over Panorama doctoring of Trump speech and considers contacting US president directly to say sorry

Samir Shah said he accepted that the way the US president's address was edited wrongly gave the impression that he had issued a 'direct call for violent action'.

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48 h. ago BBC in turmoil: Chairman Samir Shah apologises over doctored Trump speech as 'fake news' storm engulfs corporation

Questions were being raised over Samir Shah’s ‘leadership’ in the crisis triggered by a doctored Trump speech

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49 h. ago Trump 'corrupt' attack on BBC slapped down by No10 as 'fake news' crisis grows after Tim Davie quit

BBC chairman Samir Shah is expected to apologise for the way a speech by Donald Trump was edited for Panorama

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49 h. ago BBC chair Samir Shah calls Trump video edit an 'error of judgement' after 500 complaints

The chair of the BBC, Samir Shah, has apologised for an 'error of judgement' after a speech by Donald Trump was edited for Panorama. The president slammed the corporation and claimed its journalists were 'corrupt'

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49 h. ago Explained: How exactly the BBC doctored Trump speech for controversial Panorama documentary

Director-General of the BBC Tim Davie and the CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness have both resigned following the broadcaster’s blunder

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50 h. ago Should licence fee be scrapped after BBC’s latest scandal? VOTE NOW

BBC director-general Tim Davie dramatically resigned last night following the latest scandal to hit the broadcaster. It comes after a leaked memo written by the former BBC editorial and guidelines committee adviser, said the BBC misled viewers by doctoring clips of a Donald Trump speech. A Panorama episode spliced together different sections of President Trump's...

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51 h. ago BBC turmoil deepens as Government fails to back chairman Samir Shah amid growing 'fake news' storm

Questions were being raised over Samir Shah’s ‘leadership’ in the crisis triggered by a doctored Trump speech

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53 h. ago Watch the moment GMB’s Susanna Reid clashes with Richard Madeley live on air as they row over BBC boss

GOOD Morning Britain's Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley kicked off the working week with a spat live on-air. The ITV presenters locked horns on the subject of Tim Davie, the scandal hit BBC director who resigned on Sunday, after the broadcaster was accused of doctoring a speech by President Donald Trump. The CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, also resigned...

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53 h. ago Trump turns on 'dishonest' BBC as top bosses Tim Davie and Deborah Turness quit amid broadcaster bias storm

BBC chairman Samir Shah is expected to apologise for the way a speech by Donald Trump was edited for Panorama

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60 h. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Davie had to go but who believes it will really change the woke sect that the BBC has become?

Nearly a week has passed since we learned about a leaked report showing how BBC 's Panorama had doctored a speech by Donald Trump to make him say something awful that he hadn't actually said.

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64 h. ago Donald Trump celebrates as Tim Davie quits BBC over doctored speech

Donald Trump was ecstatic that Tim Davie resigned from the BBC, saying the organisation edited "my very good (perfect) speech" where he called on his supporters to protest the 2020 election result

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65 h. ago Donald Trump slams 'corrupt' BBC after chief quits for 'doctoring perfect speech'

Donald Trump has broken his silence after BBC boss Tim Davie stepped down from his position following a Panorama special which aired a 'doctored' speech made by the president

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