Tim Davie has resigned because the BBC’s director-general.
It comes because the company is predicted to apologise on Monday following issues about impartiality, together with how a speech by US President Donald Trump was edited in an episode of Panorama.
The issues regard clips spliced collectively from sections of the US president’s speech on January 6 2021 to make it seem he advised supporters he was going to stroll to the US Capitol with them to “fight like hell” within the documentary Trump: A Second Likelihood?, which was broadcast by the BBC the week earlier than final yr’s US election.
Mr Davie despatched a message to workers on Sunday afternoon, saying it was “entirely” his determination to give up.
He stated: “In these increasingly polarised times, the BBC is of unique value and speaks to the very best of us. It helps make the UK a special place; overwhelmingly kind, tolerant and curious.
“Like all public organisations, the BBC just isn’t good, and we should all the time be open, clear and accountable.
“Overall, the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as Director-General I have to take ultimate responsibility.”
Ms Turness advised workers the “ongoing controversy” across the version of Panorama “has reached a stage the place it’s inflicting harm to the BBC – an establishment that I really like.
The Day by day Telegraph reported on Tuesday {that a} memo by a former exterior adviser to the BBC’s editorial requirements committee raised the problem, in addition to different issues about impartiality, in the summertime.
Mr Davie took the position in 2020, changing Tony Corridor.
Throughout his time accountable for the broadcaster, he has handled a variety of high-profile controversies inside the company.
They embody a row over former Match of the Day host Gary Lineker’s sharing of his political opinions, prime presenter Huw Edwards being convicted of creating indecent pictures of youngsters, and the BBC’s broadcasting of Bob Vylan’s controversial Glastonbury efficiency.
Mr Davie, who had a profession in advertising and finance earlier than becoming a member of the BBC’s advertising staff in 2005, was beforehand appearing director-general from November 2012 till April 2013.
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