Sun editor Harry Cole slammed the BBC’s ‘brazen’ edit of Trump’s January 6 remarks, saying the network is ‘reaping what it sowed’ as top executives step down.

The BBC's top leader and head of its news division are the latest leaders at the institution to be forced out by controversies, this time over criticism of how it edited U.S.

Davie has been at the BBC for 20 years, serving as the director-general since 2020, and Turness has been at the outlet since 2022. The BBC has a wide viewership, reaching roughly 400 million people per week, with broadcasts in dozens of languages.

Deborah Turness and BBC director-general Tim Davie both stepped down in recent days as a result of a growing scandal over coverage of President Donald Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: BBC chair Samir Shah has told staff that talk of a Conservative coup at the UK broadcaster is “fanciful” during a town hall where there was unrest over a Donald Trump-shaped crisis. As Deadline reported on Monday,

BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump.

Fox News political analyst Lisa Boothe joined 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss the fallout from BBC's editing scandal involving Trump's Jan. 6 speech and Fetterman's refusal to condemn Charlie Kirk.

In April 2024, Tim Davie — the BBC director general who resigned on Sunday — was dealing with yet another crisis at the U.K.’s national broadcaster. Its top news anchor, Huw Edwards, had just resigned in disgrace following a 10-month suspension after it emerged he had paid a teenager for sexually explicit photographs.