'A huge storm is coming' A timeline of attacks from rightwing media

The Daily Telegraph publishes an article on its front page under the headline "BBC's Trump bias exposed in memo leak". T

- Jamie Grierson

Tuesday

The article alleges that the BBC "doctored" a speech by Trump to make it appear he was encouraging the Capitol Hill riot. It cites "an internal whistleblowing memo" by Michael Prescott, who left the BBC's editorial standards committee in June, which included details from a series of internal reports.

The chair of the culture, media and sport committee and Tory MP, Caroline Dinenage, writes to the BBC chair, Samir Shah, to demand details of the actions taken by the BBC in response to Prescott's allegations.

Wednesday

The Daily Telegraph follows its story with another front page with the headline "Heads should roll over BBC bias", claiming the corporation is facing calls to sack its director general, Tim Davie, and other senior executives after accusations of "serious and systemic" editorial bias. The Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, tells the paper "heads should roll" over the "shocking" disclosures.

The coverage is accompanied by a comment piece from the former BBC director Danny Cohen under the headline "Explosive report provides hard evidence the BBC has been gaslighting us".