Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC, claiming it made 'false, defamatory, disparaging, misleading and inflammatory statements about him' over an edit in a Panorama documentary. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
The news cycle moves at a punishing clip these days. It is barely more than a week since BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of news Deborah Turness resigned after the leaking of an internal report by Michael Prescott that criticised editorial failures, accusing the corporation of an overall political bias.
For a few days, the story dominated headlines, followed by the usual flurry of think pieces, debates and partisan skirmishes.
By Sunday, enough time had elapsed for the customary opinion columns from former employees recalling their own experiences in what, depending on which one you pick, was either a woke echo chamber or a flawed but essentially fair organisation.
Unsurprisingly, most of these recollections fitted the pre-existing beliefs of the writers.
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