US EditionBBC Apologises to Trump over Edited Jan 6 Documentary
The BBC issued an apology for unfair editing in its January 6 documentary after a whistleblower report, leading to resignations and a potential $1 billion lawsuit threat by Trump.
- The BBC apologised to President Donald Trump for the edited Jan. 6 clip but said it 'strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim,' the BBC said in a statement.
- The Telegraph obtained and published a whistleblower report from Michael Prescott alleging unfair editing and bias at the BBC, triggering public criticism of its editorial practices.
- BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness resigned Thursday amid criticism linked to the programme's editing and whistleblower allegations.
- A threatened $1 billion lawsuit was reported, and Trump's legal team did not immediately respond about whether the apology would avert it.
- A looming legal deadline emphasizes urgency as the BBC faces a threatened $1 billion lawsuit over edited Jan. 6 content, with the claimant about two weeks out of time.
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Following criticism of a misleading documentary about US President Donald Trump, BBC President Samir Shah apologised to Trump in a letter. Shah "sent a personal letter to the White House in which he made it clear to President Trump that he and the company regret the handling of the President's speech on January 6, 2021," said a British broadcaster's statement on Thursday.At the same time, Shah stated that "we firmly believe that there is no basi…
BBC Apologizes to President Trump for Second Time - States They Don't See "Defamation Claim"
The BBC is apologizing again to President Trump after lawyers representing his interests sent a letter threatening legal action on his behalf. The legal threats are about a spliced edit of Trump’s speech on Jan. 6, 2021, that appeared in the network’s program “Trump: A Second Chance?” In the edited clip, the president is framed […]
The British radio and television also announced on Thursday that it was examining a second case of possible misleading montage of the same speech by the American president, in another programme.
Donald Trump's media is constantly threatening to complain. Now the British BBC has caught it. Trump's speech is said to have been misleadingly edited.
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