BBC not institutionally biased, says News CEO after resigning

BBC News CEO Deborah Turness has said the corporation "is not institutionally biased" following her resignation over criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump.

"Mistakes are made" but the BBC's journalists are "hardworking people who strive for impartiality," she said in her first public remarks since announcing she was stepping down, outside New Broadcasting House in London.

Both Turness and BBC director general Tim Davie resigned on Sunday in an unprecedented move after criticism of the programme.

The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal BBC memo that suggested the US president's speech had been edited so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riot in January 2021.

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