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BBC Chair Apologizes After Bias Accusations
The chair of the BBC board, Samir Shah, apologized on Monday after two top executives resigned over claims of misleading editing of a speech by President Trump.
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βThe apologizing is for the way the team edited President Trumpβs speech to his supporters on Jan. 6. In hindsight, we could have, we should have acted earlier and taken a more formal position on it, which weβve done more recently.β βIs there institutional bias at the BBC?β βThere is no institutional bias. Mistakes are made, but thereβs no institutional bias.β βBut why werenβt the mistakes dealt with on Trump, on antisemitism, on womenβs rights?β βIβm sure that story will emerge. But for now, Iβm going to go ββ βDo you think the board acted against you?β
By Monika Cvorak
November 10, 2025

