BBC to overhaul editorial committee amid row over edit to Trump Jan. 6 speech

The BBC is overhauling a key editorial committee following criticism over how the broadcaster edited US President Donald Trump’s speech on the day of the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.

An internal review published Friday says BBC executives did not act “quickly or decisively enough following the discovery” of misleading edits that made it appear as if Trump had directed supporters to storm the US Capitol.

The edits led to a $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC filed by Trump.

BBC chairman Samir Shah, who came under fire for his handling of the Trump speech, will no longer head the network board’s editorial standards committee.

Changes will be made to “clarify and focus” the committee’s mandate that will be aimed at pursuing a “robust and transparent approach” to swiftly tackling editorial questions.