BBC Crisis Explained: How the Beloved U.K. Broadcaster Walked Into One of the Worst Scandals in Its 100-Year History — and Where It Goes From Here

BBC Crisis Explained: How the Beloved U.K. Broadcaster Walked Into One of the Worst Scandals in Its 100-Year History — and Where It Goes From Here

In April 2024, Tim Davie — the BBC director general who resigned on Sunday — was dealing with yet another crisis at the U.K.’s national broadcaster. Its top news anchor, Huw Edwards, had just resigned in disgrace following a 10-month suspension after it emerged he had paid a teenager for sexually explicit photographs. What few […]

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