"Senior figures running and advising the BBC have been questioned about the crisis at the broadcaster, which has been threatened with a $1bn lawsuit from Donald Trump. The BBC's director general, Tim Davie, and the head of news, Deborah Turness, resigned this month after controversy triggered by the leak of a memo written by a former external adviser. Their departures followed a disagreement over how to respond to the memo from Michael Prescott,"
"However, he did say that during his three years as an adviser he witnessed incipient problems that were getting worse and seemed to have systemic causes. I wrote that memo because I am a strong supporter of the BBC, Prescott said. The root of my disagreement and slight concern even today is that the BBC was not and I hope they will change treating these as having systemic causes."
"The BBC chair, Samir Shah, has described the Prescott memo as a partial and personal account of internal discussions. Caroline Daniel, who like Prescott is a former editorial adviser to the BBC's standards committee, said on Monday that the memo does not provide a comprehensive view of what was in the David Grossman report specifically on the BBC's Panorama documentary about Trump."
Director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness resigned after the leak of a memo by former external adviser Michael Prescott. The memo alleged systemic problems and liberal bias in coverage of the US election, Gaza, racial diversity and transgender issues, and coincided with a threatened $1bn lawsuit by Donald Trump. Coverage fuelled internal talk of a rightwing coup, board splits and crippling delays. Prescott said he did not regard the BBC as institutionally biased but witnessed incipient problems during his three years as an adviser that appeared to have systemic causes. BBC chair Samir Shah called the memo a partial, personal account, and former adviser Caroline Daniel said it did not provide a comprehensive view of the David Grossman report on Panorama.
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