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In today’s newsletter: The nation’s public service broadcaster is at a critical juncture as it deals with governance misfires and a political agenda against it

Let's unpack the BBC's week from hell.

Just when the BBC should have been basking in its success at the record 12 million viewers who watched the Celebrity Traitors finale, the corporation has been brought to its knees. Tim Davie, BBC director general, and Deborah Turness, the CEO of news, resigned following a leaked memo concerning alleged…

He has given the BBC a Friday deadline to respond.

BBC chair Samir Shah has said he is considering how to respond to "litigious fellow" Donald Trump after the US president threatened legal action against the broadcaster following the selective editing of his speech outside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 in a Panorama episode.

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Fallout continues over BBC’s editorial standards and claims that exit of bosses is result of ‘campaign by political enemies’

The controversy surrounding what the BBC has called an "error of judgement" led Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness to resign on Sunday.

Mr Davie’s departure came after a report found that a speech by Donald Trump had been selectively edited.