US EditionBBC apologises to Trump over speech edit but refuses to pay compensation
The BBC admitted an editing error in a January 6 speech clip but denied any defamation, rejecting Trump's $1 billion lawsuit demand and promising no rebroadcast of the episode.
- On Monday, BBC chair Samir Shah apologised to the White House for an error of judgment in the Panorama episode, which was taken down with a retraction published on Thursday, but the BBC rejected demands for one billion dollars in compensation.
- Investigations found that Panorama combined excerpts from different parts of Trump's January 6, 2021 speech, creating the mistaken impression of a single call to violent action; a third-party production company made the documentary, and Newsnight ran a similar edit in June 2022.
- Senior executives Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resigned Sunday, while legal experts noted Trump faces UK and US court hurdles despite prior $15m and $16m settlements with ABC and CBS.
- At the political level, the editing row complicates the BBC's Royal Charter renegotiation, with critics warning payouts could risk UK licence fee funds and Prime Minister Keir Starmer backing an independent BBC.
- The broadcaster is now investigating fresh Newsnight edits, BBC lawyers wrote to Trump's team Sunday, and media lawyers warn litigation could cost millions and harm the BBC's reputation.
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BBC apologizes for edit of Trump speech but says it won’t provide legal compensation
Britain’s public broadcaster, the BBC, has issued a personal apology to President Trump over a misleading edit of his Jan. 6, 2021, speech in a documentary broadcast on its Panorama series.But the BBC has firmly rejected a demand from Trump’s legal team for compensation. His personal attorneys threatened a $1 billion defamation lawsuit unless the BBC retracts the program, apologizes and pays for causing him to “suffer overwhelming financial and …
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Earlier, the BBC had acknowledged an error on its part and apologized to Donald Trump, but maintained that it had not defamed the US President and rejected the basis for the lawsuit threat.
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