The outgoing boss of the BBC stated he was “very proud” of the broadcaster's journalism, two days after he give up following accusations of bias and the specter of authorized motion from US President Donald Trump.
“I'm very, very happy with our journalists on this constructing. They're doing work I believe is extremely essential,” Tim Davie stated on Tuesday, the primary time he has spoken publicly since saying his resignation on Sunday.
“They're doing an exquisite job,” he added.
The publicly-funded British Broadcasting Company's head of stories additionally give up on Sunday, plunging it into its greatest disaster in many years and dominating the entrance of Britain's newspapers on Tuesday.
Davie, who has been director basic since 2020, additionally tried to calm worries over the way forward for the broadcaster.
“The BBC goes to be thriving, and I assist everybody on the staff,” he stated.
President Trump threatened authorized motion in opposition to the BBC on Monday for its enhancing of a speech he made in 2021 on the day his supporters overran the Capitol, which the British broadcaster admitted on Monday was an “error of judgment.”
