7 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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20 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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21 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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22 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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24 h. ago Every time Trump has sued the media after he threatens $1 billion BBC legal action

BBC chair Samir Shah called the American leader a ‘litigious fellow’

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25 h. ago The ‘legal trip wires’ facing Trump in threatened $1bn legal action against the BBC

The US president’s lawyers say legal action will be launched if the BBC fails to comply on demands over a Panorama documentary aired last year - but how likely is it a case will be launched, and the US president would win?

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26 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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27 h. ago Tim Davie tells BBC staff ‘we have to fight for our journalism’ as Trump threatens $1bn lawsuit – UK politics live

Outgoing director general says freedom of press under pressure and that he sees ‘weaponisation’Here is a round-up of what various lawyers and commentators have been saying about Donald Trump’s legal case against the BBC.Joshua Rozenberg, the legal commentator and a former BBC journalist, has said in a post on his A Lawyer Writes Substack that the corporation should settle. He explains:Given what Brito is claiming, the lawyer is unlikely to be impressed with the BBC’s assertion that “the purpose of editing the clip was to convey the message of the speech made by President Trump so that Panorama’s audience could better understand how it had been received by President Trump’s supporters and what was happening on the ground at that time”.So the BBC would be well advised to draft a retraction and apology in terms that the president’s lawyer finds acceptable. Brito is also calling for this to be broadcast as prominently as the original programme. And the corporation will have to pay compe...

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27 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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29 h. ago Minister suggests BBC should apologise to Trump over documentary as president threatens $1bn lawsuit – UK politics live

Alison McGovern speaks to media about BBC crisis as culture secretary due to address MPs in attempt to contain falloutYesterday Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, gave an interview that indicated very strongly that she will get rid of the two-child benefit cap in full in the budget. It had been reported that the government was only going to partially remove it (by replacing the cap with a softer version, like a three-child benefit cap), but Reeves signalled that the cap will go in its entirety.If anyone did not get the message, Keir Starmer has signalled exactly the same intention – only even more strongly. In an interview with Amir Khan, a doctor and ITV broadcaster, the PM said he was determined to drive child poverty down. In the clip, recorded yesterday but broadcast this morning, Starmer said:I can tell you in no uncertain terms I’m determined to drive child poverty down. It is what the last Labour government did. And it’s one of the things we were proudest of. I am personally dete...

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30 h. ago 'Apologise to Trump,' Starmer Government tells BBC as president threatens $1 billion lawsuit over 'fake news'

The Conservatives said the Corporation should ‘grovel’ to the US president

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42 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer ducks demands to ditch the licence fee as he rallies behind the BBC and insists it is 'stronger than ever'... while Trump threatens to hit the corporation with a $1billion lawsuit

Downing Street pushed back against claims by Donald Trump that the corporation's 'corrupt' journalists are peddling '100 per cent fake news'.

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42 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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45 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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47 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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47 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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47 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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47 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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47 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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47 h. ago Trump threatens to sue BBC for a billion dollars over Panorama edit

He has given the BBC a Friday deadline to respond.

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