3 h. ago Donald Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit

US president sets Friday deadline for corporation to respond to billion-dollar legal threatTrump to sue BBC – latest updatesDonald Trump has said he feels he has “an obligation” to sue the BBC over its editing of one of his speeches, as a deadline looms for the corporation to respond to his billion-dollar legal threat.The US president accused the broadcaster of having “defrauded the public” with an edition of Panorama last year that spliced together two parts of a speech he made on 6 January 2021 and has given it until Friday to respond. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Brendan Rodgers backed for quick return to management with ex

The former Celtic boss resigned from his role as Parkhead manager little over two weeks ago.

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4 h. ago Trump says he has an ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over edited speech

US president says he intends to pursue legal action because UK broadcaster ‘defrauded the public’

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4 h. ago Households set to receive £174 BBC TV licence refund after boss resigns

UK households are set to receive refunds of up to £174 from TV Licensing following the unexpected resignation of director general Tim Davie and BBC News head Deborah Turness.

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5 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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6 h. 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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7 h. ago Trump says BBC ‘defrauded the public’ with editing of January 6 speech

The US President told Fox News he had an ‘obligation’ to take legal action over the speech.

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17 h. ago We must fight for our journalism, defiant BBC boss says after Trump legal threat

Outgoing boss rallies staff after Donald Trump’s court threat and demand for $1bn compensation

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19 h. ago Labour tells critics to back off from 'Auntie': Lisa Nandy defends the BBC amid Donald Trump row by lavishing praise on broadcaster as a 'light on the hill' for people around the world

In a statement to the House of Commons, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy heaped praise on 'Auntie' as it reels from the dramatic resignations of senior bosses.

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40 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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44 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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44 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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45 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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45 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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46 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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46 h. ago BBC chairman’s apology letter over Trump speech edit, in full

Samir Shah acknowledged more than 500 complaints in the letter

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47 h. 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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47 h. ago Donald Trump threatens BBC with legal action as chair says edit of speech in film was ‘error of judgment’ – latest updates

BBC confirms it has received legal letter from US president threatening legal caseWe 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 our brilliant team of journalists.I stepped down over th...

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47 h. ago Watch: Inside the BBC Trump speech furore that caused two big bosses to quit

This is the clip that led two of the BBC's biggest names to resign.

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47 h. ago Donald Trump 'threatens to sue BBC' 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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