LONDON – The BBC’s top leader and head of its news division resigned over criticism of how the broadcaster edited U.S President Donald Trump’s speech before some of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The scandal leading to Sunday’s resignations is hardly the first controversy to hit Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster — or to topple one of its leaders.

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The editorially independent British Broadcasting Corp. was founded in 1922 to be impartial, act in the public interest and be open, transparent and accountable. While it is widely respected for its global news operation and the entertainment and sports programs it produces, it is frequently the source of criticism for its coverage and has also been ensnared in scandals that happened off the ai

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