BBC director common Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, following criticism {that a} BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by modifying a speech by US President Donald Trump.
In a press release posted on the BBC web site, Deborah Turness, the CEO of information, mentioned “mistakes have been made.”
The BBC, has confronted accusations {that a} Panorama documentary intentionally misled viewers by modifying a speech by US President Donald Trump.
An inner whistleblowing memo seen by British newspaper The Telegraph claimed the BBC had “doctored” a Trump speech, making it appear that he inspired Capitol Hill rioters, telling them he was going to stroll with them to “fight like hell.”
In truth, Trump mentioned in his speech in Washington DC on January 6, 2021 that “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.”
According to the interior memo, the documentary made the US president seem to say issues he by no means really mentioned by splicing footage collectively.
After the report emerged, Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., shared it on X, writing: “The FAKE NEWS ‘reporters’ in the UK are just as dishonest and full of s— as the ones here in America!!!!”
The allegations have led Donald Trump’s press secretary to blast the BBC as “100% fake news” and a “propaganda machine.”
British taxpayers are being “forced to foot the bill for a leftist propaganda machine,” senior White House official Karoline Leavitt mentioned in a latest interview with the Telegraph.
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