LONDON — The head of the BBC and the British broadcaster's top news executive both resigned Sunday after criticism of the way the organization edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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The head of the BBC has resigned after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump

The BBC said that director-general Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness both announced their resignations on Sunday

Britain's public broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington

Critics said the way the speech was edited for a BBC documentary last year was misleading and cut out a section where Trump said that he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully

The BBC sa

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