Departing BBC boss warns network on 'knife edge' amid Trump documentary lawsuit, trust crisis

The outgoing head of the BBC admitted the embattled broadcaster is on a "knife edge" as it grapples with financial woes and a "full-on crisis" of public trust.

BBC Director-General Tim Davie announced he would resign in November after a documentary the network aired in 2024 was criticized for misleadingly editing a speech by President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.

The BBC Panorama documentary spliced together two separate sections of the speech, making it appear as though Trump was...