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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Eleni Courea, Jessica Elgot and Kevin Rawlinson

BBC chair apologises for Trump speech edit but defends corporation against bias claims

The BBC chair, Samir Shah
The BBC chair, Samir Shah, said the BBC had mishandled an internal review of the matter. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

The BBC’s chair has apologised for an “error of judgment” in the way a Panorama documentary portrayed a speech by Donald Trump, after criticism of the edit forced the resignation of two of its most senior executives.

Samir Shah said the BBC had mishandled an internal review of the matter but defended the corporation against claims it had buried stories or done nothing to address claims of bias, which he said were “simply not true”.

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