Ask Tim Davie what was his biggest headache running the BBC and he would tell you “navigating the culture wars”.

In an increasingly polarised news world, the BBC is bombarded by complaints from every side over its coverage of hot button issues like Israel-Gaza and trans identity.

For the beleaguered Director-General, the fact that millions of people still watch and listen to the BBC’s reporting had demonstrated that the corporation was upholding its commitment to “impartiality” whatever squalls threatened to blow it off course. New Feature

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But the Prescott dossier, rolling together serious complaints about all those controversial topics, proved a crisis too far even for “Teflon Tim.”

Supportive former BBC news executives were s

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