"MPs and BBC staff members have called for Gibb to be removed from the corporation's board as the outgoing director general, Tim Davie, hit out at the weaponisation of criticisms of the broadcaster. In an online meeting with Davie, staff questioned the position of Gibb, who was appointed to the BBC during Boris Johnson's time as prime minister. Several said Gibb and all political appointees should be removed from the body."
"Their departures over the weekend followed accusations of bias made in a memo by Michael Prescott, a former independent external adviser to the BBC's editorial guidelines and standards committee. He left that role in the summer. His memo was leaked to the Daily Telegraph last week and reported over the course of several days. It included criticism of the way Panorama broadcast edited footage of a Donald Trump speech, which has since led the US president to threaten a $1bn (760m) legal action."
The charter review will examine political appointments to the BBC board because they damaged confidence and trust in the broadcaster's impartiality. Robbie Gibb, a BBC board member and formerly Theresa May's communications chief, has been questioned over whether he overstepped his remit and intervened in politics. MPs and BBC staff called for Gibb's removal and for all political appointees to be removed. Outgoing director-general Tim Davie criticized the weaponisation of criticisms. The resignations of Davie and Deborah Turness followed accusations of bias in a leaked memo by Michael Prescott, which criticized Panorama's edited Trump footage and alleged broader liberal bias on several issues.
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