BBC Bosses Tim Davie And Deborah Turness Resign Over Anti-Donald Trump Bias Row

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6910da33170000a7269c5021.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Former BBC Director-General Tim Davie in 2022. " data-caption="Former BBC Director-General Tim Davie in 2022. " data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Former BBC Director-General Tim Davie in 2022. </div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>The director general of the BBC has sensationally quit over the corporation’s handling of claims <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-bbc-is-reportedly-set-to-apologise-over-the-donald-trump-panorama-row_uk_691044c0e4b0853433846df7?origin=article-related-nonlife">one of its flagship programmes “doctored” a speech</a> by <a role="link" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/donald-trump/" data-vars-item-name="Donald Trump" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="69104b4ee4b004594276d45d" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="/news/donald-trump/" data-vars-target-content-type="feed" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="2">Donald Trump</a>.</p><p>Tim Davie announced his resignation as Samir Shah, the BBC chairman, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-bbc-is-reportedly-set-to-apologise-over-the-donald-trump-panorama-row_uk_691044c0e4b0853433846df7?origin=article-related-nonlife">prepares to issue an apology</a> over an edition of Panorama broadcast last October.</p><p>Deborah Turness, the chief executive of BBC News, announced that she was also resigning as the broadcaster was plunged into a fresh crisis.</p><p>In a note to BBC st