The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has found itself in the middle of a storm. Two of its top leaders, Director-General Tim Davie and Head of News Deborah Turness, have stepped down following heavy criticism over a Panorama documentary that allegedly misled viewers by editing a speech made by former US President Donald Trump.

The controversy erupted after The Telegraph revealed details from a leaked internal BBC memo, which claimed that the programme had stitched together two separate parts of Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech, the day of the Capitol Hill riot, making it seem as if he had directly called for violence.

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For Tim Davie who had led the BBC for five years, this was the final straw. His tenure has already seen several controversies. He regularly receives accu

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