8 d. ago Head of culture select committee advises against replacing BBC chairman

It comes after director-general Tim Davie and chief executive of BBC News Deborah Turness resigned in the wake of controversy over an edited speech.

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8 d. ago Toxic culture of distrust at BBC led to recent resignations, former deputy director says

Mark Damazer says over-assertive board and executives feeling ‘embattled’ played into departures of Tim Davie and Deborah TurnessA “toxic mix” of over-assertive BBC board members and executives feeling under siege contributed to the resignations of its two most senior editorial leaders, an influential former BBC figure has warned.A bitter row is still raging over the events that led up to the resignations of the director general, Tim Davie, and Deborah Turness, the chief executive of BBC News. Continue reading...

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Donald Trump threatens legal action against BBC over Panorama scandal: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest fallout from the BBC as director-general Tim Davie and chief executive of BBC News Deborah Turness both resign amid a series of crises at the corporation.

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3 w. ago BBC chairman Samir Shah's apology letter in full after Trump Panorama speech editing storm

The apology follows the resignation of two of the corporation's most senior figures, chief executive of BBC News Deborah Turness and director-general Tim Davie

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3 w. ago Tim Davie resigns live: Outgoing BBC News boss hit backs at Trump over claim broadcaster ‘corrupt’

BBC chairman set to apologise for editing of Panorama documentary

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3 w. ago Axed BBC News boss Deborah Turness fires back at Trump's claim Beeb is 'corrupt', Nigel Farage says US President is 'enraged' and Nick Robinson uses Today show to launch broadside

Deborah Turness, who quit yesterday over the editing of one of the President's speeches by Panorama, turned up for work this morning and told reporters that the corporation is not 'institutionally biased'.

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3 w. ago Axed BBC News boss Deborah Turness fires back at Trump's claim Beeb is 'corrupt' while Nick Robinson uses Today show to launch broadside

Deborah Turness, who quit yesterday over the editing of one of the President's speeches by Panorama, turned up for work this morning and told reporters that the corporation is not 'institutionally biased'.

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3 w. ago Outgoing BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness admits ‘mistakes are made’ after she quits over Trump edit

Outgoing BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness admitted “mistakes are made” but said there is “no institutional bias” at the BBC after she and director-general Tim Davie resigned over claims Panorama selectively edited a speech by Donald Trump.

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3 w. ago Outgoing BBC news head rejects claims of institutional bias as Trump welcomes resignations – latest updates

Deborah Turness says broadcaster is ‘world’s most trusted news provider’We 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 our brilliant team of journalists.I stepped down over the weekend ...

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3 w. ago Turness: BBC is not institutionally biased and journalists are not corrupt

The outgoing BBC News chief executive, who resigned on Sunday, stressed the corporation is not biased.

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