BBC chair apologises for Trump speech edit but defends corporation against bias claims

Samir Shah says BBC must ‘champion impartiality’, as Ed Davey warns UK must ‘defend our democracy from foreign interference’

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The BBC’s chair has apologised for an “error of judgment” in the way a Panorama documentary portrayed a speech by Donald Trump, after criticism of the edit forced the resignation of two of its most senior executives.

Samir Shah said the BBC had mishandled an internal review of the matter but defended the corporation against claims it had buried stories or done nothing to address claims of bias, which he said were “simply not true”.