36 h. ago Trump confirms he WILL sue the BBC for ‘between 1 and 5 BILLION’ next week despite broadcaster finally apologising

DONALD Trump has confirmed he WILL sue the BBC after the broadcaster doctored a speech he delivered for an episode of Panorama The US President said he plans to sue the corporation for a sum between $1 billion and $5billion in damages. President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he will take legal action against the...

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61 h. ago BBC awaits response from Donald Trump after apologising for Panorama speech edit

Mr Trump’s lawyers threatened to sue the BBC for one billion dollars.

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64 h. ago BBC doctored a second Donald Trump speech, bombshell leaked memo reveals

The BBC, already under fire for doctoring a speech by Donald Trump in Panorama, also spliced his words in an episode of Newsnight to make him seem to encourage his followers to riot

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64 h. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump over Panorama edit and rejects defamation claim

The episode, Trump: A Second Chance?, has been taken down and a retraction published.

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64 h. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump over edit of speech for Panorama

Corporation rejects demands for compensation after US president’s lawyers threatened to sue for $1bnThe BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a Panorama that led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the BBC News chief, Deborah Turness.However, the corporation has rejected his demands for compensation, after lawyers for Trump threatened to sue for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless the BBC issued a retraction, apologised and settled with him. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago BBC apologises to Trump over edited speech but rejects compensation claim

‘We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim’, reads statement expressing ‘sincere regrets’ over Panorama episodeThe BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a Panorama documentary that led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the BBC News chief, Deborah Turness.However, the corporation has rejected his demands for compensation, after lawyers for Trump threatened to sue for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless the BBC issued a retraction, apologised and settled with him. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump and makes fresh vow after doctoring speech

The BBC has issued an apology to Donald Trump after it was revealed that the broadcaster had edited out a key phrase from the former US president's speech on January 6, 2021

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64 h. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump over Panorama edit of his speech

The broadcaster has rejected the president's request for compensation

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64 h. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump and makes fresh broadcast vow after Panorama drama

The BBC apologised over the edit that spliced together two parts of a speech Donald Trump made during an event in Washington DC that were more than 50 minutes apart

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66 h. ago BBC Newsnight is also accused of doctoring Donald Trump speech: Edited clip of Capital Hill address aired two years before Panorama and bosses 'ignored concerns'

Footage of a speech given by the US President on January 6 , 2021, was edited in a way that appeared to show him inciting his followers to storm the Capitol building in Washington DC .

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3 d. ago BBC prepares to grovel to Donald Trump TODAY before president's billion

Director-General Tim Davie dramatically resigned on Sunday alongside CEO of News Deobrah Turness following criticism viewers had been misled.

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3 d. ago Readers' Letters: BBC should not apologise to Trump over Panorama

BBC should apologise to licence payers, not Donald Trump, for dodgy editing, says reader

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4 d. ago Trump says he has 'obligation' to pursue $1 billion lawsuit against BBC over doctored January 6 speech

The US President tells Fox News the BBC ‘defrauded the public’

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4 d. ago Donald Trump says 'I have an obligation' as he confirms plan to sue BBC for $1 BILLION over doctored Panorama speech

The president confirmed he will be suing the public broadcaster for the billion-dollar sum in an interview on Fox News' Laura Ingraham Tuesday night.

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5 d. ago Tim Davie tells BBC staff to 'stand up for our journalism' but admits 'mistake' was made over Panorama clip of Donald Trump

Mr Davie spoke to journalists outside New Broadcasting House in London this morning - in his first public appearance since announcing his resignation on Sunday.

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5 d. ago Donald Trump says BBC must comply with three demands to avoid huge £760m lawsuit

A letter sent on Trump's behalf threatened the broadcaster with a major lawsuit over the doctoring of his speech last year in a Panorama report.

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5 d. ago Donald Trump tells BBC to apologise by Friday or face billion

BBC chairman Samir Shah apologised for an ‘error of judgment’ over the editing of a speech by Donald Trump for Panorama.

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5 d. ago Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1 billion as doctored speech row engulfs corporation

‘He’s a litigious fellow so we should be prepared for all outcomes,’ says BBC chairman Samir Shah

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5 d. ago Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1 BILLION over doctored Panorama speech as he demands a 'full and fair retraction' of documentary and other 'false and defamatory' statements

President Trump has set a deadline of 5pm EST (10pm in the UK) this Friday to 'comply' with his demands.

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5 d. ago Trump threatens legal action against the BBC as defiant chair Samir Shah fails to apologise to him and insists corporation is NOT institutionally biased

Samir Shah said he accepted that the way the US president's address was edited wrongly gave the impression that he had issued a 'direct call for violent action'.

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