{"id":7294,"date":"2025-11-09T19:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/11\/09\/bbc-head-tim-davie-resigns-over-doctored-footage-of-trumps-jan-6-speech-in-documentary-new-york-post\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T19:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:38:06","slug":"bbc-head-tim-davie-resigns-over-doctored-footage-of-trumps-jan-6-speech-in-documentary-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/11\/09\/bbc-head-tim-davie-resigns-over-doctored-footage-of-trumps-jan-6-speech-in-documentary-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC head Tim Davie resigns over doctored footage of Trump\u2019s Jan. 6 speech in documentary &#8211; New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The director-general of the BBC has resigned Sunday amid scandal after the British state broadcaster shared doctored footage of President Trump speaking on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Davie, who has headed up the publicly-funded media outlet for five years, said he was taking \u201cultimate responsibility\u201d for recent \u201cmistakes\u201d made in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cd9kqz1yyxkt?post=asset%3Ae2ca230a-fefa-4540-adfa-2b9aa3d938a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement published by the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" title=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"1\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/2021-trumps-months-long-effort-115114735.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, making an \"OK\" gesture with his gloved right hand.\"  ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>The head of the BBC resigned Sunday after the broadcaster shared doctored footage of President Trump speaking on Jan. 6. <span>Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" title=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"2\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/bbc-director-general-tim-davie-115114756.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Tim Davie speaking at the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee at the Scottish Parliament.\"  ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>Tim Davie has been head of the outlet for 5 years. <span>PA Images via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLike all public organisations, the BBC is not perfect, and we must always be open, transparent and accountable. While not being the only reason, the current debate around BBC News has understandably contributed to my decision,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Davie said in the statement, which did not mention President Trump by name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as Director-General I have to take ultimate responsibility,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Here\u2019s the latest on the BBC\u2019s edited Trump speech controversy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/09\/world-news\/bbc-head-tim-davie-resigns-over-doctored-footage-of-trumps-jan-6-speech-in-documentary\/\">BBC head resigns over doctored footage of Trump\u2019s Jan. 6 speech in documentary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/07\/opinion\/turns-out-the-bbc-is-now-a-pro-hamas-anti-trump-propaganda-machine\/\">Editorial: Turns out the BBC is now a pro-Hamas, anti-Trump propaganda machine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/03\/us-news\/bbc-materially-misled-viewers-by-deceptively-editing-trump-jan-6-speech-for-documentary-whistleblower\/\">BBC \u2018materially misled viewers\u2019 by deceptively editing Trump Jan. 6 speech for documentary: whistleblower<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>His resignation and that of the CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, come after it was revealed that the BBC\u2019s flagship news program, \u201cPanorama,\u201d spliced together two clips of Trump speaking on Jan. 6, 2021, implying that he had directly told his supporters to storm the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>The program, which aired a week before the 2024 presidential election, \u201ccompletely misled\u201d viewers by showing Trump telling supporters he was going to walk with them to the capital and \u201cfight like hell,\u201d according to an internal whistleblowing memo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/bbc-report-reveals-bias-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared with British newspaper the Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s full quote was that he would walk with supporters \u201cto peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.\u201d But the BBC\u2019s segment made the president \u201c\u2018Say\u2019 things [he] never actually said,\u201d by editing together footage from the start of the speech with a separate quote nearly an hour later, according to the leaked dossier.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" title=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"3\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/ceo-bbc-news-current-affairs-115114791.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Deborah Turness, CEO BBC News and Current Affairs, smiling and with her arms crossed.\"  ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, has also resigned. <span>PA Images via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senior executives at the BBC, along with the broadcaster\u2019s chairman, ignored and dismissed a series of serious internal complaints, according to the 19-page memo.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Davie has faced crises over editorial failings and perceived bias.The BBC has been accused of failing to provide unbiased coverage of both the war in Gaza and trans issues in the past week alone.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The director-general of the BBC has resigned Sunday amid scandal after the British state broadcaster shared doctored footage of President Trump speaking on Jan. 6. Tim Davie, who has headed up the publicly-funded media outlet for five years, said he was taking \u201cultimate responsibility\u201d for recent \u201cmistakes\u201d made in a\u00a0statement published by the BBC. 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