There was a stir in Britain’s public broadcaster BBC when two of its senior officials, Director General Tim Davie and Head of News Deborah Ternes suddenly resigned. These resignations come after the controversy over US President Donald Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021, in which the BBC is accused of editing Trump’s speech and broadcasting it wrongly.

Trump’s allegation – ‘BBC distorted my speech’

Trump has reacted sharply to this controversy. He said, “BBC executives are resigning because they were caught editing my speech. They tried to influence the presidential election, it is a shame for democracy.”

Tim Davie, in a message to his staff, said: “The BBC is not perfect, but we have to be transparent and accountable. The current controversy influenced my decision.” Deborah Turnes, however, admitted that the controversy was deeply damaging the BBC’s reputation.

How did the controversy start?

According to the report of ‘The Telegraph’, BBC’s program ‘Trump: A Second Chance?’ Two separate parts of Trump’s January 6 speech were combined. In the edited video, it appeared that Trump had called on his supporters to fight on the US Parliament Capitol Hill, whereas in the actual speech he had appealed to the people to raise their voice peacefully and patriotically.

Apology will be sought from BBC Chairman

After the controversy escalated, BBC Chairman Sameer Shah is now likely to apologize before the Parliament Committee. British MPs have called for answers, calling it a threat to democracy.

Questions raised on coverage of Arabic service

A leaked internal memo has accused the BBC Arabic Service of bias in its coverage of the Israel-Gaza war. The memo also said that the BBC has adopted a one-sided approach to LGBT and transgender news.

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