Trump thanks Telegraph for ‘exposing’ BBC as Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resign

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📺The BBC has made a hash of dealing with the Michael Prescott report on impartiality and the misleading edit in Panorama’s Trump documentary, Dominic Ponsford writes from breakfast at the Lisbon Web Summit.

And The Telegraph deserves kudos for airing an important issue the BBC tried to sweep under the carpet.

But Trump’s attacks on the BBC yesterday raise concerns for me that the resignations of Deborah Turness and Tim Davie are another example of him undermining independent journalism.

Trump’s statement that “these are very dishonest people” and his spokesperson Karoline Leavitt’s comment that the BBC is “100% fake news” are alarming.

The BBC is rightly the most trusted news organisation in the world.

At a time when truth and objective facts are under concerted attack from the Trump White House, strong BBC journalism is needed like never before.

Side bar: No one today has mentioned the BBC’s disastrous indecision and refusal to air the brilliant Gaza: Doctors Under Attack documentary as among the mistakes leading up to this crisis.

This documentary was eventually shown on Channel 4 and has already won awards (and been shortlisted for two British Journalism Awards).

The delay in airing allegations the Israeli military was deliberately targeting hospitals and healthcare workers in Gaza was a betrayal of brave sources that may even have cost lives.

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🏆Speaking of the British Journalism Awards, on Friday we revealed the shortlist for the coveted News Provider of the Year prize, Charlotte Tobitt writes.

This award takes into account the shortlist for all the other categories and the public interest journalism done by each publisher/broadcaster over the past year.

We also have a lovely piece of partner content from sponsor People’s Postcode Lottery hearing about the work former Scottish Sun editor Alan Muir does telling winners’ stories. He says it’s remarkably like being back as a junior reporter in a local newsroom.