Right-wingers are once again accusing the BBC of a pro-trans bias in the wake of director general Tim Davie’s resignation – however, previous backlash to the corporation’s trans content shows that’s definitely not the case.

Davie, 58, resigned alongside several top BBC officials over accusations that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers with an edited speech by president Donald Trump.

According to a leaked internal memo , ex-journalist Michael Prescott, while acting as advisor to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Board, suggested the edited speech made it seem as though the US president had explicitly encouraged the deadly US capitol insurrection on 6 January 2021.

Shared by The Telegraph, the leaked memo also suggested BBC reporters had “censored” coverage on LGBTQ+ iss

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