US EditionBBC apologises to Trump over speech edit but refuses to pay compensation
- On Thursday, the BBC apologised to President Donald Trump hours before his Friday deadline and BBC chair Samir Shah sent a personal letter to the White House, with the Panorama episode removed from its website.
- Editors found the Panorama episode had spliced excerpts from the January 6, 2021 speech, which unintentionally suggested a single direct call for violent action after a Michael Prescott memo prompted an editorial review process.
- Trump's lawyers threatened a $1 billion lawsuit demanding retraction, apology and compensation, while the scandal prompted senior resignations including Tim Davie and Deborah Turness amid more than 500 complaints.
- The broadcaster rejected compensation despite demands for damages, saying it 'strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim' while apologising to President Donald Trump.
- A second similar edit from 2022 was revealed, amplifying scrutiny, and legal experts said the British statute of limitations likely bars a suit there, meaning cases would go to American courts.
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The British public broadcaster BBC apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump one day before the expiry of the ultimatum that the latter had given them, on pain of filing a defamation suit in court for no less than a billion dollars. Corporation president Samir Shah sent a personal letter to the White House—made public on the radio—in which he “clearly makes it clear that he and the British corporation regret the edition of the president’s speech…
The British public broadcast BBC apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday a day before the ultimatum that the Ultimatum had given them was due to submit a defamation suit to a court for no less than a billion dollars.
BBC apologises to Trump over film edit but rejects defamation claim
The BBC said on Thursday its chairman had apologised to US President Donald Trump for a misleading edit of one of his speeches, but denied it amounted to defamation. The broadcaster also said it was probing a possible second instance of a Trump speech edited in a misleading way.
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KTSMBBC apologizes to Trump but disputes his defamation claim
"We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim."
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