The chair of the BBC has apologized for the Donald Trump editing scandal, which he put down to BBC News wanting its audience to “better understand” how Trump’s January 6 2021 speech was being “received by his own supporters.”

In a highly-anticipated letter to the Culture, Media & Sport Committee (CMSC) this afternoon, Shah described the edit, which has led to the resignations of Director General Tim Davie and news boss Deborah Turness, as an “error of judgement,” which he said the BBC would like to apologize for.

According to Shah, the edited clip was discussed twice at the now-infamous Editorial Guidelines and Standard Committee (EGCS) – once in January 2025 and once in May – at which point the committee expressed concerns but BBC News said the clip was edited “to convey the messa

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