{"id":6659,"date":"2025-11-10T19:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=6659"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:06:13","slug":"bbc-chair-apologizes-after-bias-accusations-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=6659","title":{"rendered":"BBC Chair Apologizes After Bias Accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"site-content\">\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: <!-- -->BBC Chair Apologizes After Bias Accusations<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"video-header\">\n<div class=\"css-1g7y0i5 e1drnplw0\"><button tabindex=\"100\" class=\"css-1rtlxy\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"close\"><svg width=\"60\" height=\"60\" viewbox=\"0 0 60 60\" fill=\"none\"><circle cx=\"30\" cy=\"30\" r=\"30\" fill=\"white\" fill-opacity=\"0.9\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M38.4844 20.1006L39.8986 21.5148L21.5138 39.8996L20.0996 38.4854L38.4844 20.1006Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5156 20.1006L20.1014 21.5148L38.4862 39.8996L39.9004 38.4854L21.5156 20.1006Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-18ow4sz e1drnplw2\">\n<div aria-labelledby=\"modal-title\" role=\"region\">\n<header class=\"css-1bzlfz\">\n<p>transcript<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"css-1igvuto\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/header>\n<div class=\"css-uzyn7p\">\n<div class=\"css-1vxywau\">\n<p class=\"css-1nng8z9\">transcript<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-8p0vwh\">BBC Chair Apologizes After Bias Accusations<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"css-qsd3hm\">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.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<dl class=\"css-p98d0w\">\n<dt class=\"css-xx7kwh\"\/>\n<dd class=\"css-4gvq6l\">\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">\u201cThe apologizing is for the way the team edited President Trump\u2019s 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 we\u2019ve done more recently.\u201d \u201cIs there institutional bias at the BBC?\u201d \u201cThere is no institutional bias. Mistakes are made, but there\u2019s no institutional bias.\u201d \u201cBut why weren\u2019t the mistakes dealt with on Trump, on antisemitism, on women\u2019s rights?\u201d \u201cI\u2019m sure that story will emerge. But for now, I\u2019m going to go \u2014\u201d \u201cDo you think the board acted against you?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"css-p8f291\">\n<div class=\"css-1gn3fip\">\n<div class=\"css-p5izi2\">\n<div class=\"css-uv46ik\"><nyt-betamax class=\"css-j5i4vc\"><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/player-0.1.95-BFNcGY1P.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-cover><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/cover-0.1.95-eTrf0IGY.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-poster><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/poster-0.1.95-ZXgRxfP_.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><img alt=\"The exterior of the entrance to the BBC, with people walking outside glass doors.\" data-testid=\"betamax-poster\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"_poster_9lakg_19\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-poster><\/nyt-betamax-cover><nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/overlay-controls-0.1.95-6uMVblK2.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/scrubber-0.1.95-allGBXvP.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><nyt-betamax-ads><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/ads-0.1.95-Cs2XynqP.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-ads><\/nyt-betamax><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-fnlfdh\"><span class=\"css-hple31\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Monika Cvorak<\/p>\n<p>November 10, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new video loaded: BBC Chair Apologizes After Bias Accusations transcript Back transcript BBC Chair Apologizes After Bias Accusations The chair of the BBC board, Samir Shah, apologized on Monday after&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":679,"featured_media":6660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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