63 h. ago BBC doctored a second Donald Trump speech, bombshell leaked memo reveals

The BBC, already under fire for doctoring a speech by Donald Trump in Panorama, also spliced his words in an episode of Newsnight to make him seem to encourage his followers to riot

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4 d. ago It’s the BBC v Trump, Farage and co. Who in their right mind would want to be its new boss? | Marina Hyde

Public life is a minefield and the best and brightest just don’t want to know. How convenient for foes of the most trusted news organisation in the worldListen, I hate to ruin a yarn wall but I don’t think it’s at all helpful to start framing the current crisis at the BBC as a giant conspiracy or coup by dark rightwing forces, and get stuck in the weeds of that. The fact is, the three mistakes that form the bulk of Michael Prescott’s explosive leaked memo about impartiality – the Panorama edit, issues with coverage of the transgender issue and bias in the BBC Arabic service – happened and are bad. Given their spectacular fallout and the highest-level scalps that have been claimed, the opportunity to now deal with them might as well be taken by what is, let’s not forget, the most trusted news organisation in the world.There is no news organisation in the United States that reaches more than 25% of people in a week. BBC News reaches 74% of UK adults in a week. There is vastly more dis...

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5 d. ago BBC chair Samir Shah criticises leaked memo that led to bosses’ resignation

Corporation head adds he is considering personal apology to ‘litigious’ Trump

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6 d. 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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6 d. ago Killer fungus spreading through UK hospitals and it's drug resistant, leaked memo claims

The deadly fungus Candidozyma Auris has spread to 72 UK hospitals in the last two years alone as medics previously warned the fatal infection is resistant to medications

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6 d. ago Nigel Farage reveals Donald Trump anger in private phone call over major BBC row

Nigel Farage has said Donald Trump was 'absolutely enraged' after a leaked memo appeared to suggest a BBC programme had doctored footage of one of his speeches

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7 d. ago BBC set to apologise over edited Trump speech – as minister says decisions ‘not always well thought through’

The broadcaster has been accused of ‘completely misleading’ its viewers, according to a leaked memo

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7 d. ago Deadly fungus is sweeping UK hospitals, leaked memo shows... horror illness is highly infectious and can lie dormant for years

The secret memo from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warns of 'significant outbreaks' of the highly infectious fungus, known as Candidozyma Auris.

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8 d. ago Donald Trump's White House lashes out at '100 per cent fake news' BBC over Panorama doctored video scandal

In a leaked memo, Michael Prescott details how the corporation 'doctored' a speech by Donald Trump to make it appear like he had encouraged the Capitol Hill riots during an episode of Panorama.

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