In this edition, Conventional Wisdom looks at the BBC bias scandal .

⬆️ Donald Trump

The president has built his political career in part on accusing the liberal media of biased, misleading and at times fabricated coverage. His frequent victory laps are rarely accompanied by such incontrovertible and public proof of the news being fake.

↔️ Tim Davie

It’s never fun to resign under a cloud. But the BBC’s director general has survived quite a few controversies in his five-year tenure, including a documentary about Gaza narrated by a Hamas official’s son. And Davie easily outlasted his former boss, George Entwistle, who succumbed to scandal in 54 days.

⬇️ Deborah Turness

Why doesn’t CW let the CEO of BBC News walk away from this like her boss Davie with a ↔️? Because this is Turness’

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