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BBC is ‘very dishonest’ claims Donald Trump after bosses are forced to resign

Former BBC TV News head says Tim Davies role was 'too big a job for one person'

Donald Trump has criticised "very dishonest" BBC staff and welcomed the resignations of senior executives over the editing of a documentary.
BBC Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness stepped down following accusations that a Panorama documentary misled viewers.
A memo raised concerns that clips of Trump's 6 January 2021 speech were spliced in Trump: A Second Chance? to imply he told supporters he would walk to the US Capitol with them to "fight like hell".
Critics argued the documentary was misleading as it omitted a section where Trump asked supporters to demonstrate peacefully.
Trump claimed the editing was an attempt to "step on the scales of a presidential election", while BBC chairman Samir Shah is expected to apologise and provide further details to MPs.