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Evening Standard
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Michael Howie and Nicholas Cecil

Trump 'corrupt' attack on BBC slapped down by No10 as 'fake news' crisis grows after Tim Davie quit

At a glance

• Trump reacts as BBC Director-General Tim Davie quits amid a storm over selective editing of a speech he delivered on January 6, 2021

• US President hits out at attempt to ‘step on the scales of a presidential election’

• Deborah Turness, who also quit her role as BBC News chief executive, admits mistakes were made but says ‘allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased are wrong’

Donald Trump has attacked BBC journalists as “corrupt” as he welcomed director-general Tim Davie quitting amid a storm over misleading edits in a Panorama programme about the US President.

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