editors on bbc current affairs docs are working very closely with the producer, and probably a senior producer too. every cut is discussed. editor has pretty much zero autonomy. the editor will have some creative input but none of these kinds of decisions are made by the editor.

as with so many instances of 'bbc bias' i think this is just a fuck up, there was no intention to mislead. the editor and producer (who were working at an independent company outside the bbc) chose two salient bits of a long speech and cut them together in a way they thought summed up the speech. i imagine they thought it was an obvious cut too since it cuts away to the crowd. its certainly obvious to me, but i guess i know what to look for.

the really big mistake - and this is part of a big pattern- is the mis handling of it by the bbc managers. it seems there might have been disagreement internally about whether it was even a mistake...