The British royal network's apparent bias, particularly regarding the Gaza war, as well as the distortion of some of the US president's statements, led to the resignation of two senior BBC officials.
Publish dateMonday 10 November 2025 - 10:41
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Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): BBC Director General Tim Davey and Executive Director of News and Current Affairs Deborah Terence have resigned from their positions.
The move comes after mounting pressure and widespread criticism of the BBC's political bias in its reporting, particularly over the way it edited US President Donald Trump's speech in a documentary.
In recent weeks, the British royal media has faced a wave of accusations that it has failed to maintain its professional impartiality in covering events such as the Israel-Hamas war, issues related to minorities, and analysis of US domestic politics.
“This is a purely personal decision and I would like to thank the Chairman and the Board for their unwavering support throughout my tenure, particularly in recent days,” Tim Davey wrote in a statement. “The responsibility of running the BBC has been enormous in these turbulent years and I now want to give my successor the opportunity to play a role in shaping the future charter.”
“Overall, the BBC has performed satisfactorily, but there have been mistakes, for which I bear ultimate responsibility as Director General.”
The Daily Telegraph previously reported that an internal document prepared by a former BBC professional standards adviser listed breaches of impartiality across the organisation’s programmes. One of the most notable cases involved the Panorama documentary, in which two parts of Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021 (the day of the attack on Congress) were spliced together to make it appear as if Trump had directly encouraged his supporters to engage in violence. The parts where he called on his supporters to protest “peacefully” were removed from the final version.
The program, titled “Trump: Another Chance,” aired on the BBC just before last year’s US election and was met with a fierce backlash from Republicans and conservative media outlets.
Meanwhile, Deborah Turance also said in a separate statement that the ramifications of the documentary and the reactions to it “have reached a point where they are damaging an institution that I deeply love.” She added: “As the director of news and current affairs, I take ultimate responsibility for this situation.”
Trump reacts quickly
The simultaneous resignations of two senior BBC executives are one of the biggest management crises the organization has faced in a decade. Media watchers in London say the event is likely to mark the beginning of a major structural overhaul of the BBC’s editorial policy to restore public trust in the organization’s impartiality.
Following the announcement of the resignations of the two BBC editors, Donald Trump thanked the Telegraph for publishing a report that led to the resignations of the network’s top executives.
“Very dishonest people… from a foreign country that many consider to be our number one ally,” he wrote on his Truth Social account. “This is a terrible thing for democracy,” he added.
The move comes after mounting pressure and widespread criticism of the BBC's political bias in its reporting, particularly over the way it edited US President Donald Trump's speech in a documentary.
In recent weeks, the British royal media has faced a wave of accusations that it has failed to maintain its professional impartiality in covering events such as the Israel-Hamas war, issues related to minorities, and analysis of US domestic politics.
“This is a purely personal decision and I would like to thank the Chairman and the Board for their unwavering support throughout my tenure, particularly in recent days,” Tim Davey wrote in a statement. “The responsibility of running the BBC has been enormous in these turbulent years and I now want to give my successor the opportunity to play a role in shaping the future charter.”
“Overall, the BBC has performed satisfactorily, but there have been mistakes, for which I bear ultimate responsibility as Director General.”
The Daily Telegraph previously reported that an internal document prepared by a former BBC professional standards adviser listed breaches of impartiality across the organisation’s programmes. One of the most notable cases involved the Panorama documentary, in which two parts of Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021 (the day of the attack on Congress) were spliced together to make it appear as if Trump had directly encouraged his supporters to engage in violence. The parts where he called on his supporters to protest “peacefully” were removed from the final version.
The program, titled “Trump: Another Chance,” aired on the BBC just before last year’s US election and was met with a fierce backlash from Republicans and conservative media outlets.
Meanwhile, Deborah Turance also said in a separate statement that the ramifications of the documentary and the reactions to it “have reached a point where they are damaging an institution that I deeply love.” She added: “As the director of news and current affairs, I take ultimate responsibility for this situation.”
Trump reacts quickly
The simultaneous resignations of two senior BBC executives are one of the biggest management crises the organization has faced in a decade. Media watchers in London say the event is likely to mark the beginning of a major structural overhaul of the BBC’s editorial policy to restore public trust in the organization’s impartiality.
Following the announcement of the resignations of the two BBC editors, Donald Trump thanked the Telegraph for publishing a report that led to the resignations of the network’s top executives.
“Very dishonest people… from a foreign country that many consider to be our number one ally,” he wrote on his Truth Social account. “This is a terrible thing for democracy,” he added.
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