The head of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Tim Davie, announced his resignation on Sunday, ending a 20‑year career with the broadcaster and his five‑year tenure as director‑general. His departure comes amid a swirling row over the corporation’s editorial standards. The immediate cause was a documentary from the BBC’s flagship current‑affairs series Panorama, which is accused of misleading viewers by editing together parts of a speech made by Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, so that it appeared he directly urged a violent march to the US Capitol. In fact, the contrasting cuts omitted his later remarks promoting peaceful demonstrations. This mis‑editing was revealed in an internal memo by former BBC adviser Michael Prescott, who accused the broadcaster of “serious and sys

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