Outgoing BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness admits ‘mistakes are made’ after she quits over Trump edit

Outgoing CEO of BBC News says 'mistakes are made' after she quit over Trump speech edits.Credit: PA

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00:00Why did you fail to deal with the mistakes that were made?

00:02I would like to go in and see my teams. Thank you so much for being here.

00:04Right, we're going in now. Thank you.

00:05Do you think that the journalists are...

00:07Of course our journalists are, for us.

00:12Our journalists are hardworking people who strive for impartiality,

00:16and I will stand by their journalism.

00:18Is there institutional bias?

00:19There is no institutional bias. Mistakes are made, but there's no institutional bias.

00:23But why weren't the mistakes dealt with on Trump, on anti-Semitism, on women's rights?

00:28I'm sure that's all a remerge, but for now I'm still in jail.

00:36We're going in.

00:38Thank you everyone.