Following a study that said the British public service broadcaster falsely manipulated a speech by US President Donald Trump before to the January 6 Capitol riot for its flagship documentary show, two of the BBC's top executives resigned.
Days after The Daily Telegraph revealed a leaked internal memo, Tim Davie, the director general, and Deborah Turness, the chief executive of BBC News, abruptly resigned. They claimed that the BBC Panorama documentary had misrepresented Trump's comments in order to give the impression that he had specifically encouraged the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

"Like all public organisations, the BBC is not perfect, and we must always be open, transparent, and accountable," Davie said in a statement announcing his resignation that was posted on the BBC website.
"The ongoing controversy surrounding BBC News has naturally influenced my choice, albeit it is not the only factor. Although the BBC is performing well overall, there have been some errors, and as director-general, I must accept full responsibility for them."
The Daily Telegraph Report
The most recent scandal came when a Daily Telegraph article last week claimed that Michael Prescott, an independent external consultant to the BBC's editorial standards committee until June, first voiced concerns about impartiality in a document written in the summer.

In the memo that was leaked, former journalist Prescott stated that the BBC, in a section of its program titled "Trump: A Second Chance?" that aired the week before the US election of last year, patched together footage of remarks made by Trump that were around half an hour apart.
In an attempt to maintain his position of authority after losing his reelection campaign, Trump has been charged with inciting the mob attack on the US Capitol.
According to Prescott, the cut gave the impression that Trump had promised to "fight like hell" with his followers as they walked to the US Capitol.

But in the unedited video, the president called on the crowd to join him on the walk, saying, "and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women."
Trump was still contesting President Joe Biden's election victory at the time, which led to his removal from office following his first term.
Prescott further asserted that BBC Arabic gave a platform to a journalist who had made antisemitic remarks and that the British broadcaster shied away from stories that posed challenging issues like transgender rights.
The BBC is one of the top public service broadcasters in the world, employing a robust 21,000 people. It is primarily financed by a licence fee that Britons who watch TV pay, with some funding coming from commercial sources.

Through their foreign broadcasting operations, the broadcasters have a global reach and create a variety of programming, including news and entertainment.
Responses to the Daily Telegraph Report
The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, responded to the leaked document by accusing the BBC of being "purposefully dishonest" in how it portrayed the Capitol Hill uprising, which led to criticism of the BBC's senior management.
In response to the revelation, Trump declared that "corrupt journalists" had been exposed and added, "These are very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a Presidential Election."

The accusations were later described as "incredibly serious" by UK Culture, Media, and Sport Minister Lisa Nandy. She claimed that the Trump cut was just one of many issues with the BBC's editing standards.
In an interview with BBC television, she stated, "It isn't just about the Panorama program, although that is incredibly serious."
"There are a series of very serious allegations made, the most serious of which is that there is systemic bias in the way that difficult issues are reported at the BBC," she stated.
"Israel, Gaza... trans people or on this issue about President Trump" are only two examples of the "entirely inconsistent" language and editorial standards that Nandy expressed concern over.

Leavitt posted a screenshot of the BBC news website reporting Davie and Turness' resignation on X, seemingly celebrating the news.

The BBC's Previous Scandals
It apologised multiple times earlier this year for "serious flaws" in the production of another documentary, "Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone," which aired in February.

The UK media authority sanctioned it in October for a "materially misleading" show whose kid narrator turned out to be the son of the former deputy agricultural minister of Hamas.