BBC Chief And Top News Executive Quit Over Edited Trump Speech Controversy | Read

The head of the BBC and the British broadcaster's top news executive both resigned Sunday after criticism of the way the organization edited a speech by US President Donald Trump.

The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness had both decided to leave the corporation.

Britain's publicly funded national broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington.

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