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BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump.

In a statement posted on the BBC website, Deborah Turness, the CEO of news, said “mistakes have been made.”

The BBC, has faced accusations that a Panorama documentary deliberately misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump.

An internal whistleblowing memo seen by British newspaper The Telegraph claimed the BBC had “doctored” a Trump speech, making it seem that he encouraged Capitol Hill rioters, telling them he was going to walk with them to “fight like hell.”

In fact, Trump said in his speech in Washington DC on January 6, 2021 that “We’re going to walk down to t

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