The broadcaster\u2019s staff are reportedly in a \u201ccivil war\u201d against its management after the Trump documentary episode<\/p>\n
The \u201cwoke pro-trans\u201d staff at BBC News are \u201cat war\u201d with its governing board over the resignation of top figures over the doctoring of a speech by US President Donald Trump in a documentary, the Daily Mail has reported, citing insiders.
\nWith criticism mounting, the British broadcaster announced on Sunday that Director General Tim Davie and CEO Deborah Turness would be quitting after it emerged that two clips of Trump\u2019s January 6, 2021, speech at the US Capitol were spliced together despite being made nearly an hour apart.
\nThe US president has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion if they don\u2019t make a \u201cfull and fair retraction\u201d of the program by Friday, according to the broadcaster.
\nIn a letter to Parliament on Monday, BBC board chair Samir Shah admitted that the \u201cway the speech was edited did give the impression of a direct call for violent action.\u201d
\nAccording to the Daily Mail, the scandal has led to an outright \u201ccivil war\u201d at the BBC, with \u201cwoke pro-trans staff\u201d rebelling against its board, presumably for admitting the mistake.<\/p>\n
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At the same time, the tabloid cited one well-known TV star, who asked to remain anonymous, as saying that they were amazed that Davie and Turness were not terminated earlier, given the number of scandals the BBC endured during their tenure.
\nThe insider reportedly pointed out that the broadcaster had taken a woke direction in recent years, \u201ccaptured by a minority ideology,\u201d with \u201cone-sided\u201d reporting of transgender issues and the Gaza conflict.
\nBoth Davie and Turness \u201cfailed\u201d to deal with impartiality at the BBC, the Daily Mail cited their source as saying.<\/p>\n
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Just last week, the broadcaster censured veteran presenter Martine Croxall, after she raised her eyebrows and amended\u00a0\u201cpregnant people\u201d to \u201cwomen\u201d while reading live on BBC News, earlier this year. Her facial expression gave the \u201cstrong impression of expressing a personal view on a controversial matter,\u201d the broadcaster explained.
\nLast month, it was ruled that the BBC broke journalistic code by failing to disclose that a part of a Gaza documentary it released earlier this year was narrated by the son of a Hamas official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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