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The BBC has lost two of its top leaders, but will this shake-up silence its critics—or just make the corporation look politically compliant?

Here’s the BBC’s own coverage:

“Davie, who has been in the job for five years, had faced increasing pressure over a series of controversies and accusations of bias that have dogged the public broadcaster.

“The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal BBC memo on Monday that suggested the Panorama programme edited two parts of the US president’s speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riot of January 2021.

“The internal memo published by the Telegraph also raised concerns about a lack of action to address what it described as “systemic problems” of bias in BBC Arabic’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza war.

“UK political leaders expressed hope the resignations would lead to change, while Trump welcomed the decision.

“It is unprecedented for both the director general and the head of BBC News to resign on the same day.”

This is a pivotal moment for the BBC, but a couple of high-profile resignations, while dramatic, don’t automatically guarantee real, systemic change.

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