US EditionIn Trump-Dominated Media World, Editing Video Takes on New Significance — as BBC Uproar Shows
- On Nov 11, Tim Davie, outgoing BBC director-general, addressed BBC staff and urged them to `fight for our journalism` amid President Donald Trump's $1,000,000,000 lawsuit threat.
- A November 9 letter to the BBC's legal team said the Oct 28, 2024 Panorama episode edited three Jan. 6, 2021 speech sections, demanding retraction, apology, and compensation.
- BBC chairman Samir Shah apologised for an `error of judgment` and said the board will revisit Michael Prescott's memo as more than 500 complaints fuel BBC staff anger last week.
- The broadcaster now lacks a permanent leader and faces a U.K. government review of the BBC charter and funding model, while Lisa Nandy is expected to address the Commons on leadership and Trump’s legal threat.
- Analysts warn the resignations exposed deep governance frictions, while U.K. media lawyer Mark Stephens noted U.S. courts lack jurisdiction over Panorama, and President Donald Trump’s legal history targets U.S. news organisations.
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In Trump-dominated media world, editing video takes on new significance - as BBC uproar shows
In the space of a few months, one of the more straightforward journalistic tasks — editing tape for broadcast — has been behind a $16 million legal settlement, a network’s change in how it offers interviews on a news show and, now, the resignation of two top leaders at the BBC. The other common denominator: […]
Donald Trump threatened on Monday to sue the British public audiovisual group for a misleading montage of one of his speeches. Tim Davie also acknowledged "an editorial failure" before the employees.
Newsmax chief Chris Ruddy predicts BBC would prevail against Trump in lawsuit · American Wire News
One of President Donald Trump’s media allies is making a grim prediction about the result of a lawsuit against the BBC. As BizPac Review previously reported, the president’s legal team sent a notice to the BBC regarding a documentary they aired on his January 6, 2021, speech. They accuse the corporation of publishing “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” and demand their removal or face a billion-dollar lawsuit. While thi…
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BBC must fight, says outgoing chief as Trump threatens to sue
The BBC's outgoing boss urged staff to "fight" for its journalism Tuesday as the British broadcaster grappled with how to respond to US President Donald Trump's threat to sue over a misleading edit.
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