BBC board member Shumeet Banerji has today resigned as the fallout from a bungled Donald Trump edit continues at the UK broadcaster. The BBC confirmed Banerji’s resignation, though a spokesperson pointed out that the businessman’s term on the board was due to end next month. BBC News, which is editorially independent of the BBC, reported that Banerji cited governance concerns in his resignation letter. He reportedly complained that he was cut out of conversations related to the resignation of director-general Tim Davie and Deborah Turness, the BBC’s former news chief. More follows.
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