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00:00The head of the UK's national broadcaster, the BBC, and the boss of BBC News have quit
00:05in a dispute over editing that stretched all the way to the White House.
00:09At the centre of the furore was a documentary by the BBC which featured remarks by Donald Trump.
00:16It's spliced together sections of the US President's speech on January 6th, 2021,
00:22the day of the Capitol riots. The edit made Trump appear to say that his supporters should
00:26walk down to the Capitol and fight like hell. In fact, he said they should cheer on our brave
00:32senators and congressmen and women. The fight like hell remark was from a different part of the
00:37speech. The controversy has been brewing for days but erupted into the open after an internal memo
00:43raising concerns about the edit was leaked to a British newspaper. White House Press Secretary
00:47Caroline Levitt then accused the BBC of being 100% fake news and a leftist propaganda machine.
00:54Now Director General Tim Davey and BBC News CEO Deborah Ternus have both quit,
01:00a move welcomed by Donald Trump who accused dishonest people at the BBC of trying to tip
01:05the scales of last year's US presidential election. The latest dispute caps a turbulent year for the
01:11BBC, including accusations of bias and criticism of its handling of the war in Gaza. It also comes
01:18ahead of crucial talks with the UK government over its funding model and annual licence fee,
01:23which could determine the future of this national institution.
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