Ah, the sweet sound of resignations at the BBC – like a dodgy pint finally hitting the bottom of the glass. Yesterday, 9 November 2025, Tim Davie, the Director-General who's been lording it over the Corporation like a particularly smug prefect, and Deborah Turness, the Head of News who's somehow managed to turn "impartiality" into a dirty word, both threw in the towel. Why? Because the Beeb got caught with its trousers down, editing a Donald Trump speech in a Panorama documentary to make the man look like he was personally handing out pitchforks for the Capitol riot. It's the kind of sleight-of-hand that would make a Westminster spin doctor blush, but no, this is the BBC we're talking about – the self-appointed guardian of truth, now exposed as just another bunch of editorial elbow-greasers.
Don't get me wrong, it's a start. Davie, who once promised to "reconnect with audiences" while the Beeb's ratings sank faster than the Titanic in a North Sea gale, called his exit "my own decision." Pull the other one, Tim. And Turness? She's scarpered too, leaving behind a trail of "systemic bias" complaints that could paper the walls of Broadcasting House. The Corporation's chair, Samir Shah, has even apologised for the "error of judgement," as if this was just a naughty schoolboy prank rather than a calculated hit job on a world leader. Trump himself couldn't resist a gloat, welcoming the news like it was his second term already.
But here's the rub, and it's a big, festering one: the establishment luvvies and Beeb apologists are already circling the wagons, insisting this is all about one rogue edit on Trump. "Isolated incident!" they bleat, as if the Corporation hasn't been marinating in bias for years. Nonsense. This resignation duo is just the froth on a pint of warm, flat ale. The real poison? The BBC's transformation into the official PR arm for Hamas and its willing surrender to the trans activist brigade. And don't think for a second that sacking the top arses fixes that.
Let's start with the Trump fiddle, shall we? Last year's documentary – you know, the one that conveniently snipped out Trump's call for "peaceful protest" to make him sound like a mob-inciting maniac – wasn't some freelance cock-up. An internal whistleblower memo blew the lid off it: the Beeb doctored the footage to push a narrative. Critics are calling it "serious and systemic," and even Culture Secretary Lucy Nandy admits the brass are treating it with the "seriousness it demands." Yet here we are, with the resignations framed as a noble sacrifice rather than the tip of an iceberg of anti-conservative, anti-truth agitprop. If you're raging about media manipulation, grab a copy of Nick Davies' Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media. It's the bible on how outlets like the Beeb cook the books – and no, I don't get a cut, but Amazon does if you click here.
Now, onto the real scandal that's got the Beeb's knickers in a twist: its role as Hamas's unofficial spin machine. Forget the Trump tweet-storm; the Corporation's Gaza coverage has been a masterclass in laundering terrorist propaganda. A blistering report just dropped, revealing how the BBC "knowingly helped spread Hamas lies around the world." We're talking unjustifiable airtime to Hamas's inflated death tolls – those figures that even the UN's now questioning as dodgy as a dodgy dossier. And get this: a BBC Gaza doco breached editorial guidelines by not disclosing its narrator was the son of a Hamas bigwig. It's not bias; it's bloody complicity. While the world watched kibbutz massacres unfold, the Beeb was busy platforming the perpetrators' press releases. If you want the unvarnished truth on how Western media got suckered by jihadist PR, Tom Mills' The BBC: Myth of a Public Service Broadcaster is your go-to. It rips the lid off the Corporation's cosy ties to the establishment – including its soft spot for certain "freedom fighters." Snag it on Amazon right here.
And if you thought that was peak Beeb hypocrisy, hold onto your flat caps. The Corporation's capture by the trans movement is so complete, it's like they've outsourced editorial policy to Stonewall's newsletter. Exhibit A: veteran newsreader Martine Croxall, hauled over the coals for the heinous crime of... pulling a face. On live telly, when her script droned on about "pregnant people," Croxall ad-libbed "women" and let a flicker of scepticism cross her mug. The result? The BBC upheld 20 complaints for "expressing a controversial view about trans people." Twenty! For a grimace that half the nation probably shared while choking on their cornflakes. The clip went viral – "This is ridiculous," as one pundit put it – and exposed the Beeb's zero-tolerance for anyone daring to question the sacred cow of gender ideology. Croxall broke rules, they say, but who's really captured here? The same insiders who tried to spike coverage of women's rights groups. It's not journalism; it's a loyalty test for the pronoun police.
Davie and Turness quitting? Good riddance. But it's window dressing for a rotting edifice. The BBC's not just biased; it's a captured asset, peddling Hamas handouts one minute and trans dogma the next, all while pretending its Trump tweaks were a mere "oops." Until the Corporation admits the full rot – from Gaza gaslighting to gender gestapo – these resignations are about as useful as a chocolate teapot. Time for a proper purge, or better yet, defund the lot and let real journalism breathe.
Fancy diving deeper into the media's dark arts? Helen Lewis' Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in Comedy touches on the absurdities of modern identity politics, including the Beeb's role in amplifying them. It's a riot – in the best way. Pick it up on Amazon via this link (affiliate, naturally – clicks keep the PalArse roasting).
What do you reckon? Is the Beeb redeemable, or should we pull the plug? Drop a comment below – let's make some noise.
Ken Frost is the firebrand behind PalArse and the Ken Frost empire. Follow the madness at www.kenfrost.net.
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