Trump eviscerates ‘corrupt’ BBC execs for meddling in foreign election as editor-in-chief quits in shame
Donald Trump issued a scalding statement about ‘corrupt’ BBC executives meddling in the US presidential election after the media company’s director-general quietly quit.
The president shared his message about the exodus of BBC higher-ups from the company amid a row over the doctoring of his speech for a Panorama episode and misleading viewers.
‘The TOP people in the BBC, including TIM DAVIE, the BOSS, are all quitting/FIRED, because they were caught “doctoring” my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6th,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday afternoon.
‘Thank you to The Telegraph for exposing these corrupt “journalists.” These are very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a presidential election.
‘On top of everything else, they are from a foreign country, one that many consider our number one ally. What a terrible thing for democracy!’
Along with Director-General Davie, the corporation’s CEO of News, Deborah Turness, has also resigned following criticism of the BBC documentary.
‘There have been some mistakes made and as director general I have to take ultimate responsibility,’ Davie said in a statement.
Donald Trump issued a scalding statement about ‘corrupt’ BBC executives meddling in the US presidential election as the media company’s editor-in-chief quietly quit
The company came under fire regarding clips edited together from sections of Trump’s January 6, 2021, speech, making it appear that he told supporters he was going to walk to the US Capitol with them to ‘fight like hell.’
The documentary ‘Trump: A Second Chance?’ was broadcast by the BBC the week before last year’s US election.
Davie’s departure comes after the scandal-hit broadcaster was plunged into a fresh crisis this week, following the release of an internal dossier that exposed a string of incidents demonstrating serious apparent bias in the company’s reporting.
He also shared a Daily Mail column by Boris Johnson, where the former Prime Minister vowed to withhold his license fee over the impartiality issue.
The White House had previously accused the BBC of ‘100 percent fake news.’
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: ‘This purposefully dishonestly, selectively edited clip by the BBC is further evidence that they are total, 100 percent fake news that should no longer be worth the time on the television screens of the great people of the United Kingdom.’
Leavitt posted a two-word response to Davie’s resignation, alongside two screenshots of news articles.
One clip stated that ‘Trump goes to war with “fake news” BBC’ and the other announced Davie’s resignation.
She cheekily wrote ‘shot’ above the first article, adding ‘chaser’ above the second, indicating the White House’s pleasure in how ‘the war’ they started panned out.
