Ask Tim Davie what was his biggest headache running the BBC and he would tell you “navigating the culture wars”.
In an increasingly polarised news world, the BBC is bombarded by complaints from every side over its coverage of hot button issues like Israel-Gaza and trans identity.
For the beleaguered Director-General, the fact that millions of people still watch and listen to the BBC’s reporting had demonstrated that the corporation was upholding its commitment to “impartiality” whatever squalls threatened to blow it off course.
But the Prescott dossier, rolling together serious complaints about all those controversial topics, proved a crisis too far even for “Teflon Tim.”
Supportive former BBC news executives were shocked at the splicing together of a Trump speech to give the misleading impression of his conduct before the Capitol riots.
The BBC will now apologise for the Panorama error that Davie had refused to acknowledge for months, apparently hoping it would just go away. And an angry White House will likely have to be placated.
It was the latest in a series of damaging failures over BBC impartiality during Davie’s tenure, following the Gaza documentary withdrawn over a contributor’s links to Hamas and the anti-Israel Bob Vylan Glastonbury rant.
He had also weathered the Huw Edwards scandal and the sacking of Masterchef host Greg Wallace over allegations of inappropriate behaviour that dated back years.
But by Sunday evening, this latest row had simply gathered far too much steam.
Davie’s successor can’t expect to be across every contributor to BBC Arabic and will need to rely on his executives to deal with problems like a newsroom deeply split over the reporting of trans issues.
The BBC tradition of “deputy heads must roll” has also been upended, with News supremo Deborah Turness, previously a contender for the DG role, quitting alongside her boss.
Whilst many in the BBC feel the row has been whipped up by the BBC’s enemies in the press and Tory party, this time the pressure for scalps right at the top has won the day.
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