“We have a historic battle on our hands. We have to fight the battle for liberal democracy”
When the BBC Director General Tim Davie resigned last weekend, he told staff as he left that the BBC was “a unique and precious organisation… I see the free press under pressure, I see the weaponisation. I think we’ve got to fight for our journalism.” The chair of the BBC later in the week wrote to the White House apologising for the editing of a President Trump speech on January 6, 2021, which was used in an episode of Panorama before the US presidential election. “The BBC has no plans to rebroadcast the documentary Trump: A Second Chance? on any…
Unlock this article – and everything else on The Currency – with an annual membership and receive a free TUMI Alpha Bravo backpack delivered to your door.
Cancel at any time.
Are you already a member? .