2 h. ago Donald Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit – latest updates

US president claims broadcaster has ‘defrauded the public’ and reiterates his threat of launching a $1bn legal actionDonald Trump has grabbed the headlines after threatening to sue the BBC for $1bn (£760m) for what the corporation has accepted was a misleading edit of his speech on 6 January 2021 during the Capitol Hill insurrection.I wouldn’t want a board that’s guilty of groupthink, but the opposite of groupthink is different points of view. That makes the job of the chair challenging to try and organise and get consensus, but it’s important that people have a diversity of opinion on the board. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago MPs warned against 'sustained attack' on BBC after Donald Trump legal threat

US President Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1billion if it fails to retract 'false' and 'defamatory' statements after his speech was edited in a Panorama documentary

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16 h. ago BBC stars MOCK Donald Trump's threat to sue corporation for $1billion as defiant director

As outgoing director-general Tim Davie called for staff to 'stand up for our journalism' in the face of a billion-dollar lawsuit, the lifelong BBC employee ridiculed the threat.

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17 h. ago BBC stars MOCK Donald Trump's threat to sue corporation for $1billion as defiant director

As outgoing director-general Tim Davie called for staff to 'stand up for our journalism' in the face of a billion-dollar lawsuit, the lifelong BBC employee ridiculed the threat.

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20 h. ago John Simpson leads BBC stars mocking Donald Trump for threatening to sue the corporation for $1billion over 'doctored' Panorama clip

The world affairs editor for BBC News ridiculed the threat sent by lawyers on behalf of the US President for describing the editing of a clip on Panorama as 'salacious'.

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22 h. ago BBC boss Tim Davie warns staff to not let narrative be 'given by enemies' amid Trump threat

As Donald Trump threatens the BBC with billion-dollar legal action in a row over 'editing', Beeb director-general Tim Davie has spoken to staff ahead of his departure

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22 h. ago Tim Davie's final message to BBC staff after humiliating exit over Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump has threatened legal action if the corporation does not retract “false” and “defamatory” statements made about him in a documentary.

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25 h. ago Sanctimonious GB News is in no place to lecture BBC on fairness

Editorial: It was a calamitous error of judgement for ‘Panorama’ to edit Donald Trump’s notorious January 6 speech – but, in a more rational world, the corporation’s top brass would not have to pay such a heavy price. The BBC is unique in the world and still worth defending

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33 h. 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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36 h. ago BBC ‘can’t be held to ransom,’ says David Dimbleby as Donald Trump threatens legal action over Panorama

The BBC “can’t be held to ransom,” David Dimbleby said after Donald Trump threatened legal action against the broadcaster following the selective editing of his speech outside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 in a Panorama episode.

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37 h. ago Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn over Panorama edited speech fiasco

President’s lawyers issue ultimatum for compensation by Friday: ‘The BBC is on notice’

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38 h. ago Tim Davie and Deborah Turness were right to resign – to give the BBC a fighting chance

Editorial: It was a calamitous error of judgement for ‘Panorama’ to edit Donald Trump’s notorious January 6 speech – but, in a more rational world, the corporation’s top brass would not have to pay such a heavy price. The BBC is unique in the world and still worth defending

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40 h. ago BBC backed by UK government as Donald Trump threatens to sue

Donald Trump has branded the BBC '100% fake news' but Keir Starmer has backed the Corporation for being 'internationally renowned' and rejected the accusation that it's journalists were 'corrupt'

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41 h. ago Donald Trump threatens legal action against BBC over Panorama documentary speech edit

The US President addressed the controversy on social media over the weekend

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41 h. 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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41 h. ago BBC were unwilling to listen to internal warnings about bias, says ex

Donald Trump has threatened a one billion dollar lawsuit over the BBC’s edit of a speech he made.

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42 h. ago Donald Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit as chair says speech edit was ‘error of judgment’ – latest updates

BBC chair Samir Shah apologises for way in which speech from US president was edited after corporation’s two most senior executives resignWe have heard from Culture, Media and Sport committee chair Caroline Dinenage, who has suggested that the outgoing BBC director Tim Davie ignored an internal dossier into bias at the BBC (see post at 09.06 for more detail on the dossier).She said Davie “ignored” concerns raised in Michael Prescott’s report over the way the speech by Donald Trump was edited for Panorama.I’m very sad about Tim Davie stepping down. I think he was an effective leader at the BBC.I think he was a great champion for public service media, but there is no escaping the fact that he was very slow to act on this particular issue. But this isn’t the first time and on this particular issue, Michael Prescott’s report, he just didn’t take it seriously until it was too late.I would like to say it has been the privilege of my career to serve as the CEO of BBC News and to work with ...

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42 h. 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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42 h. ago BBC Chair Samir Shah considering how to respond to ‘litigious fellow’ Trump

BBC chair Samir Shah has said he is considering how to respond to "litigious fellow" Donald Trump after the US president threatened legal action against the broadcaster following the selective editing of his speech outside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 in a Panorama episode.

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43 h. ago Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn over January 6 speech edit

Broadcaster’s chair admits ‘error of judgement’ over clip but hits out at memo that prompted bosses’ resignations

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