LONDON ¨C The author of a report that plunged the BBC into crisis said on Monday that the British public broadcaster was not ¡°institutionally biased¡± but did have editorial failings, and that he had hoped his criticisms would help fix them.
Michael Prescott, a former external editorial adviser, compiled a dossier on issues within BBC News, including failings in the editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump, and allegations of bias in its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and transgender issues.
Its most explosive complaint was that the BBC¡¯s flagship documentary program had edited together clips from a Trump speech on the day his supporters overran the Capitol in 2021, making it look as though he had advocated violence.
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