The response was ready to go.
After furious headlines in a British newspaper accused the BBC of institutional bias over a misleading edit of a speech by President Trump, top executives at the British public broadcaster knew they had to act quickly.
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, a day after the first article had appeared online, they were prepared to go public with a statement approved by the BBC’s top communications team and the director general, Tim Davie. It would acknowledge that Panorama, the flagship investigative program, had made a mistake by splicing together footage from Mr. Trump’s speech on Jan. 6, 2021, shortly before an attack on the Capitol.
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