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January 13, 2026
Media

BBC Seeks Dismissal of Trump’s $5 Billion Defamation Claim.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has filed a motion to dismiss President Donald J. Trump’s lawsuit over how his January 6, 2021, speech was manipulated in a Panorama documentary.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump and the BBC, including its Panorama documentary team.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The lawsuit was filed in a Florida court last month, and the motion to dismiss was filed on Monday.

💬KEY QUOTE: “As we have made clear previously, we will be defending this case. We are not going to make further comment on ongoing legal proceedings.” – BBC spokesman

🎯IMPACT: The case has raised questions about media accountability and the legal jurisdiction of international broadcasters.

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has filed a motion to dismiss President Donald J. Trump’s multi-billion dollar lawsuit over the deceptive editing of his January 6, 2021, aired during a Panorama documentary ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The lawsuit, filed in a Florida court last month, accuses the BBC of defamation and violating trade practices law.

Court documents filed on Monday reveal that the BBC contends the Florida court lacks “personal jurisdiction” over the broadcaster, that the venue is “improper,” and that President Trump has “failed to state a claim.” The BBC previously apologized for the edit but rejected Trump’s demands for compensation, maintaining there is no basis for a defamation claim.

The broadcaster will also contend that the Panorama program was not aired in the United States and therefore did not defame Trump in the jurisdiction in which he seeks relief. It further argues that Trump has not demonstrated actual damage caused by the documentary, noting that he was re-elected and carried Florida with a commanding majority after the Panorama program aired. Trump claims the documentary was available on the Britbox service and accessible to American viewers, which the BBC disputes.

Additionally, the BBC asserts that Trump cannot plausibly allege “actual malice” in the documentary’s publication. The doctored clip, which is approximately 15 seconds long, was part of an hour-long television program that, according to the broadcaster, offered a balanced portrayal of his 2024 re-election campaign. An internal BBC memo leaked in November criticized the editing of the speech, and the scandal surrounding it has led to the resignations of senior BBC officials, including Director General Tim Davie and Head of News Deborah Turness.

In its motion, the BBC has also requested the court to “stay all other discovery” pending a decision on its motion to dismiss. A proposed trial date in 2027 has been indicated if the case proceeds. A BBC spokesman stated, “As we have made clear previously, we will be defending this case. We are not going to make further comment on ongoing legal proceedings.”

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December 16, 2025
Media
UK

Trump Files $10 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against BBC.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump has filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a 2024 news special that allegedly misrepresented his remarks.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and its leadership team.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The lawsuit was filed on December 15, 2025, stemming from a BBC broadcast aired on October 28, 2024.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Literally, they put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said coming out. I guess they used AI or something,” said President Trump.

🎯IMPACT: The lawsuit highlights alleged media bias and potential misuse of editing in influencing public opinion during elections.

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President Donald J. Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) over alleged defamation in a news special aired one week before the 2024 presidential election. The 33-page legal complaint accuses the broadcaster of fabricating and airing a deceptive depiction of Trump, which it claims was an attempt to interfere in the election.

The October 28, 2024, episode titled “Donald Trump: A Second Chance?” was produced by the BBC’s Panorama program. The lawsuit alleges that the BBC intentionally spliced together clips of remarks Trump made on January 6, 2021, to create a false narrative of him encouraging violence. The filing states that this caused significant damage to Trump’s personal and business reputation.

Trump addressed the lawsuit during a December 15 announcement at the White House, stating, “Literally, they put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said coming out. I guess they used AI or something.” The edits in question combined two separate parts of a speech Trump gave at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., creating the impression that he urged supporters to march to the Capitol and engage in violent action.

The BBC has admitted to the misleading edit, issuing an apology in November and stating the episode would not be rebroadcast. “We accept that our edit unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech, rather than excerpts from different points in the speech,” the de facto British state broadcaster wrote in its ‘Corrections and Clarifications’ section. Despite this, the BBC has denied that the issue rises to the level of defamation.

The lawsuit comes after the resignation of the BBC’s director-general and CEO of news following the controversy. Trump had previously welcomed the resignations, calling them a result of the broadcaster being caught “doctoring” his speech. He also stated he plans to raise the issue with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, describing the incident as “very embarrassing” for a U.S. ally.

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December 9, 2025
Media

BBC Knew It Peddled False Story Claiming Trump Wanted Liz Cheney Shot, But Issued No Correction.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The BBC admitted to misleading viewers about Donald J. Trump, falsely claiming he suggested political opponent and former Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) be shot.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: BBC News, Donald Trump, Liz Cheney, and BBC board members.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The admission was made in an internal memo presented to the BBC board in October 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “In the latest spat, Donald Trump has been accused of being petty, vindictive, and a wannabe tyrant, because he suggested that one of his political opponents should face guns, have them trained on her face.” – Sarah Smith, BBC News’s North America Editor

🎯IMPACT: There have been resignations within the BBC and ongoing questions about media bias.

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The BBC confessed to inaccurately reporting that U.S. President Donald J. Trump called for former Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) to be shot, but the claim was never publicly corrected. This admission came in an internal memo acknowledging the error.

The controversy revolved around comments made by Trump about Liz Cheney, where he labeled her a “radical war hawk” and criticized her foreign policy stances. BBC presenters misrepresented these comments, suggesting Trump called for violence against Cheney.

“In the latest spat, Donald Trump has been accused of being petty, vindictive, and a wannabe tyrant, because he suggested that one of his political opponents should face guns, have them trained on her face,” claimed Sarah Smith, BBC News’s North America Editor, during a Six O’Clock News segment shortly before the November 2024 U.S. presidential election.

The internal memo—authored by the broadcaster’s director of the editorial complaints unit, Peter Johnston—was presented to the BBC board after concerns about bias were raised by Michael Prescott, an independent adviser. The memo was later leaked, revealing the BBC’s flawed coverage.

The BBC’s Panorama program has also faced scrutiny for editing a Trump speech to imply he incited violence resulting in the January 6 Capitol riots, an assertion the program’s producers defended. This incident contributed to the resignations of BBC executives Tim Davie and Deborah Turness.

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November 20, 2025
Media
UK

FCC Investigating BBC for Doctoring Trump Speech.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is probing the BBC for doctoring a speech by President Donald J. Trump on January 6, 2021.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The BBC, FCC, and Donald Trump.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The FCC’s recent letter is addressed to the BBC’s leadership in the United Kingdom.

💬KEY QUOTE: “That would appear to meet the very definition of publishing a materially false and damaging statement.” – Brendan Carr

🎯IMPACT: The BBC faces potential legal action from Donald Trump, with broader scrutiny of its editorial practices.

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The British state broadcaster, the BBC, is facing intense scrutiny after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched an investigation into a January 6, 2021, speech by President Donald J. Trump. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr wrote to outgoing BBC Director-General Tim Davie, stating that the edited footage portrayed Trump saying a sentence “that, in fact, he never uttered,” and warning that such actions could constitute “publishing a materially false and damaging statement.”

The BBC is facing a major lawsuit. Trump may pursue damages in the billions, with David Maddox, political editor at The Independent, saying the BBC “has shot itself in the foot” by splicing together different sections of the President’s speech to make it appear as though he made a direct call for violence. “Donald Trump’s going to sue them for a huge amount of money,” he warned.

The BBC has apologized, calling the editing an “error of judgment.” India-born Chairman Samir Shah acknowledged that the way the footage was presented gave “the impression of a direct call for violent action.” However, a BBC spokesman emphasized that the corporation “strongly disagree[s] there is a basis for a defamation claim.”

The controversy has already led to significant changes in leadership, with Director-General Tim Davie and new chief Deborah Turness resigning amid criticism of the broadcaster’s editorial practices.

The situation has also drawn attention to the impartiality of BBC executives, or lack thereof. One board member, Muriel Gray, previously described Trump as a “howling idiot.” Additional reports have emerged showing that other clips of Trump have been similarly doctored.

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November 17, 2025
Media
News

BBC Leadership Want to Fight Trump in Court Over Doctored Speech Clip.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The BBC is facing a multi-billion-dollar legal threat from President Donald J. Trump over a Panorama edit that misleadingly spliced a speech he gave on January 6, 2021.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Donald Trump, BBC Chairman Samir Shah, former Director-General Tim Davie, and former news chief Deborah Turness.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The legal threat emerged this week, with internal BBC discussions ongoing in the United Kingdom.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We’ll sue them for anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week.” – Donald Trump

🎯IMPACT: The BBC is determined to fight the claim, citing the need to protect its license fee payers, while grappling with internal staff frustration and public scrutiny.

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India-born BBC chairman Samir Shah has declared that Britain’s de facto state broadcaster is “determined” to fight President Donald J. Trump’s multi-billion-dollar legal challenge and “protect our licence fee payers.” This refers to the compulsory television license, which every television owner who watches live programming must pay to fund the BBC, even if nothing they watch is BBC content.

In a freshly circulated internal memo, Shah emphasized: “I want to be very clear with you—our position has not changed. There is no basis for a defamation case, and we are determined to fight this.” Shah was addressing the recent scandal involving misleading edits of a speech by President Donald J. Trump on January 6, 2021, which spliced together different sections of his address to make it appear as though he was inciting violence. This ultimately prompted the resignations of Director-General Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness.

While the BBC issued an apology to Trump, Shah—describing the edit as an “error of judgement”—insisted there’s no valid defamation claim against the U.S. President. “There is a lot being written, said and speculated upon about the possibility of legal action, including potential costs or settlements,” Shah said, “In all this, we are, of course, acutely aware of the privilege of our funding and the need to protect our licence fee payers, the British public.”

The $1 billion figure President Trump has said he may sue for amounts to about twice the BBC’s yearly news and current affairs spending, although far less than its overall license fee takings annually. On Friday, Trump suggested he may push for a higher sum, telling reporters, “We’ll sue them for anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week.”

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November 15, 2025
Media
UK

Board Member at ‘Impartial’ BBC Branded Trump a ‘Howling Idiot.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A BBC board member, Muriel Gray, described President Donald J. Trump as a “howling idiot” in social media posts before her appointment.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Muriel Gray, President Donald J. Trump, BBC board members, and other political figures.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Posts made prior to Gray’s appointment in January 2022; the BBC has been under scrutiny in recent days over manipulative coverage of President Trump.

💬KEY QUOTE: Muriel Gray described President Trump as “just a howling idiot shouting into the abyss.”

🎯IMPACT: The remarks have drawn further attention to political bias on the BBC board following its handling of a scandal involved a doctored Trump speech.

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Muriel Gray, a member of the BBC Board and a former television presenter, is facing scrutiny over a series of social media posts she made about President Donald J. Trump before joining the corporation’s governing body in January 2022. In one message posted after Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, Gray described Trump as “just a howling idiot shouting into the abyss.” Other posts from the same period referred to him as “useless” and included remarks mocking then–First Lady Melania Trump. Gray has not commented publicly since the resurfacing of the messages.

The de facto state broadcaster, funded by a compulsory television license fee, is under intense scrutiny after it emerged that an edited version of Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech, aired in a BBC Panorama programme, stitched together lines from different parts of the address in a way that gave the impression he urged supporters toward violence.

A whistleblower revealed that the clip had been manipulated, sparking a series of reports on BBC bias. Because televsion owners are forced to fund the broadcaster, it is required to be impartial and nonpartisan—although it is widely believed to suffer systemic left-wing bias, with successive governments doing little to rein it in.

The BBC has apologised for the doctored clip, and its India-born chairman, Samir Shah, issued a personal apology to the White House as Trump announced plans to pursue legal action, accusing the corporation of defamation. However, a second doctored Trump clip has since surfaced, intensifying criticism of the broadcaster’s editorial processes.

The fallout has been sweeping. Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have both resigned, acknowledging the serious damage caused by the incident. Left-wing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government has signalled that political appointments to the board may be reviewed as part of an upcoming charter renewal.

A BBC spokesman said all board members are bound by the organization’s governance rules and emphasised that the corporation is committed to addressing the failures that led to the misleading Panorama broadcast.

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November 14, 2025
Media
News

Another Doctored BBC Clip of Trump Has Surfaced.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The BBC is under scrutiny for further manipulative editing of President Donald J. Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech at the U.S. Capitol.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Donald Trump, BBC Newsnight, and former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The broadcast aired in June 2022; it resurfaced in November 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Your video actually spliced together the presentation… That’s the type of messaging here that so many people in my country find frustrating.” – Mick Mulvaney

🎯IMPACT: The Newsnight edit is similar to a doctored Panorama edit, which has already led to a $1 billion lawsuit threat from President Trump.

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Another doctored BBC clip of a speech by President Donald J. Trump on January 6, 2021, has resurfaced. On the de facto state broadcaster’s flagship Newsnight programme on June 9, 2022, the America First leader was shown saying, “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol and we’re gonna cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women—and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell you aren’t gonna have a country any more.” In fact, he said, “Now, it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you, we’re going to walk down, we’re going to walk down. Anyone you want, but I think right here, we’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them.” The “fight” comments are taken from another section of his speech, around an hour later.

This echoes the scandal around a Panorama broadcast shortly before the 2024 elections that stripped essential details from Trump’s comments even more manipulatively, to make it look as though he was exhorting an assault on the Capitol. This has already prompted the resignation of the BBC’s director-general and head of news, and prompted threats of a $1 billion legal action from President.

Even Mick Mulvaney, a former Trump White House chief of staff turned Trump critic, condemned the Newsnight cut at the time while appearing as a guest on the show. “I’m no apologist for the President; I quit my job over this… [But] your video actually spliced together the presentation… That’s the type of messaging here that so many people in my country find frustrating… it’s hard to actually get the facts,” he said.

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November 10, 2025
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Trump Plans to Sue BBC for Defamation Over Doctored Jan 6 Speech.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump has sent a legal letter to the BBC over Panorama‘s selective editing of his 2021 Capitol riot speech, broadcast shortly before the 2024 presidential election, which spliced different sections together to make it appear as though he was calling for violence.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, BBC Chairman Samir Shah, former Director-General Tim Davie, former CEO of News Deborah Turness, and Reform Party leader Nigel Farage.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The controversy arose following a BBC Panorama broadcast in 2024, which contained a highly misleading edit of the President. A whistleblower exposed the scandal in November 2025, leading to resignations.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The TOP people in the BBC, including TIM DAVIE, the BOSS, are all quitting/FIRED, because they were caught ‘doctoring’ my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6th.” – Donald Trump

🎯IMPACT: The BBC faces allegations of institutional bias, with resignations and calls for reform from political leaders and commentators following the Trump speech scandal.

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President Donald J. Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC after it was revealed that the broadcaster’s Panorama program doctored his speech on January 6, 2021. The edits spliced together two different sections of the America First leader’s speech to make it look as though he was calling for violence, and removed a portion where he urged his supporters to demonstrate peacefully.

The scandal, exposed by a whistleblower, has led to the resignations of BBC Director-General Tim Davie and the CEO of News, Deborah Turness. Turness conceded that the matter had escalated to a point of harming the BBC’s reputation.

India-born BBC Chairman Samir Shah came to the organization’s defense in a letter to the British Parliament’s Culture, Media, and Sport Committee, admitting that there have been “occasions when the BBC gets things wrong” but insisting that its issues are being tackled. Of President Trump’s legal letter to the BBC, he said the broadcaster was “now considering how to reply to him,” while offering no apology. 

Notably, the Panorama programme spliced together different sections of Trump’s January 6 speech together and presented him as saying, “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you and we fight. We fight like hell, and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not gonna have a country anymore.” In fact, the America First leader said, “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women,” with the “fight like hell” comments coming almost an hour later.

Reform Party leader and longtime Trump ally Nigel Farage said he has spoken to the President, and he is “absolutely enraged” by the BBC’s behavior. Farage himself accused the broadcaster of “election interference,” with the Panorama edit having been broadcast shortly before the 2025 presidential election.  

Because the BBC is funded by a compulsory television license fee, which must be paid on pain of fines backed by the threat of imprisonment, it is required by its charter to be balanced and impartial. However, it is widely regarded as having an institutional left-wing bias, including by its own veteran broadcasters.

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November 10, 2025
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BBC Executives Step Down After Falsifying Trump Speech.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: BBC Director General Tim Davie and the CEO of News, Deborah Turness, resigned over a misleading edit of a speech by President Donald J. Trump on January 6, 2021.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Tim Davie, Deborah Turness, Donald Trump, and whistleblowers.

📍WHEN & WHERE: London, England, Sunday, October 2023.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Overall the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as Director-General I have to take ultimate responsibility.” – Tim Davie

🎯IMPACT: The resignations have fueled criticism of the BBC’s impartiality and raised questions about its taxpayer-funded operations.

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On Sunday, BBC Director General Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness stepped down amid growing backlash over the de facto state broadcaster’s bias, exemplified by a grossly misleading edit of a speech by President Donald J. Trump on January 6, 2021.

In an internal memo to staff that afternoon, Davie confirmed his resignation was “entirely my decision,” while noting, “Overall the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as Director-General I have to take ultimate responsibility.” He added that he would collaborate with the BBC board for a seamless handover to his replacement.

Turness, who resigned at the same time, said that “mistakes have been made.” The moves came after a whistleblower revealed the BBC aired a “doctored” clip of Trump’s speech, which falsely suggested he urged on the Capitol rioters through the manipulated splicing of two statements made almost an hour apart.

The BBC Panorama programme showed a clip of Trump saying, “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you and we fight. We fight like hell, and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not gonna have a country anymore.” In truth, Trump said, “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.” The whistleblower’s disclosures ignited fury, including from Donald Trump Jr. “The FAKE NEWS ‘reporters’ in the UK are just as dishonest and full of s**t as the ones here in America!!!!” he wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, branded the BBC “100 percent fake news” and a “propaganda machine,” lamenting that British taxpayers are “forced to foot the bill for a leftist propaganda machine.” Notably, anyone in Britain who watches live programming is required to fund the BBC via a television license, even if none of the programming they watch is BBC content. Non-payment is punished by criminal fines, backed by the threat of imprisonment.

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November 3, 2025
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News

Whistleblower Reveals BBC Doctored Trump Speech to Look Like He Incited Riot.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A whistleblower revealed that the BBC altered footage of a speech by President Donald J. Trump to make it appear he was inciting a riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The BBC, Donald Trump, and Michael Prescott, a former BBC standards committee adviser.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The BBC Panorama programme Trump: A Second Chance? including the doctored speech aired in October 2024, with the report on the scandal emerging in November 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “It was completely misleading to edit the clip in the way Panorama aired it.” – Michael Prescott

🎯IMPACT: The revelation could affect the BBC’s relationship with the White House.

IN FULL

An internal whistleblowing memo has revealed that the BBC edited footage of a speech by President Donald J. Trump, making it appear as though he was encouraging a riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. This information, contained in a 19-page whistleblowing memo, reveals that the BBC Panorama programme Trump: A Second Chance? misled viewers by splicing together different parts of Trump’s speech to create a false narrative.

“The spliced together version of Trump’s comments aired by Panorama made it seem that [President] said: ‘We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not gonna have a country anymore,'” reads the whistleblowing memo on the scandal, which was sent to BBC managers.

“In reality, the first part of Trump’s speech: ‘We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you,’ came 15 minutes into the speech. The second half of the sentence that was aired by Panorama, ‘and we fight. We fight like hell…’ came 54 minutes later,” it notes, adding: “Fifteen minutes into the speech, Trump actually said: ‘We are gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.'”

The memo brands Panorama‘s spliced clip “completely misleading,” stressing that the “fact that [President Trump] did not explicitly exhort supporters to go down and fight at Capitol Hill was one of the reasons there were no federal charges for incitement to riot.”

Notably, the Panorama programme also cuts in footage of men marching on the Capitol following Trump’s speech, when in fact they marched on the Capitol before the President began speaking.

Michael Prescott, a former member of the BBC’s standards committee, authored the memo. He criticized the BBC for ignoring serious complaints about the programme’s bias and for failing to address the issue. Notably, Prescott sent his findings to the BBC’s board and chairman, India-born Samir Shah, urging them to address the problem, but he received no response.

Prescott also raised issues about the programme’s clear anti-Trump bias, with ten critics interviewed for it against just one supporter, and no similar programme examining Trump’s rival, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, being produced. As a compulsory television license fee funds it, the BBC is required to be balanced and impartial in its coverage—although there is little enforcement of this requirement, and it is widely regarded as having an institutional left-wing bias.

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