from Religion Media Centre
One hour after the unprecedented double resignation of the BBC’s director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness, following a series of controversies and a leaked internal BBC memo in The Telegraph, the Campaign Against Antisemitism called for an “independent inquiry into BBC bias”.
A statement said: “The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness should be seen as an admission through gritted teeth that the much vaunted impartiality of the BBC has been a sham.”
Outgoing CEO of News Deborah Turness said: “In public life leaders need to be fully accountable, and that is why I am stepping down. While mistakes have been made, I want to be absolutely clear recent allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased are wrong.” Telegraph story here, Prospect comment here. BBC coverage here.