WESTMINSTER, LONDON—Signalling the beginnings of a major crisis at the publicly owned broadcaster, BBC Director General Tim Davie and CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness resigned Sunday after learning what the corporation's acronym stands for. “Like all public organisations, the BBC is not perfect, and we must always be open, transparent and accountable. While not being the only reason, the current debate around what this corporation's acronym stands for has understandably contributed to my decision. Overall the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some very weird and uncomfortable conversations regarding what ‘BBC’ stands for and as director general I have to take ultimate responsibility,” said Tim Davie’s statement in part. “I have taken the difficult decision that it will no longer be my role to lead you in the collective vision that we all have: to pursue new ways to shoehorn articles about ‘The Traitors.’ The ongoing controversy around what ‘BBC’ stands for has reached a stage where it is causing damage to the BBC – an institution that I love almost as much as I love The Wasted Onion. As the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, the buck stops with me - and I took the decision to offer my resignation to the Director-General last night - only to find out the bastard beat me to the punch,” said a statement from Deborah Turness posted to the Cbeebies section of the BBC website. Shortly after news broke of Mr. Davie’s resignation, a spokesperson for the BBC said the broadcaster was “deeply sorry” that the public had to learn what their acronym stood for this way, assuring that it was "committed to representing those of all sizes.” At press time, Britons were surprised to discover that Tim Davie claiming in his resignation statement that he was “BBC through and through,” was real and not a fake quote written by The Wasted Onion.