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BBC apologizes to Trump for editing speech, but refuses to pay damages

2025-11-14 08:45:28Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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The BBC has apologized to US President Donald Trump for an episode of its Panorama show, in which various parts of his January 6, 2021 speech were edited in such a way as to create the impression that he had called for violence. The British broadcaster said the program would no longer be broadcast, but rejected the US president's demand for $1 billion in financial compensation. 

Trump threatened the BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit if it did not apologize and compensate him. The scandal led to the resignations of director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness. The BBC said it had sent a formal letter to Trump and that BBC chairman Samir Shah had personally apologized in a letter to the White House.

In a response to Trump's lawyers, the BBC argues that there is no basis for the lawsuit, noting that the documentary was not broadcast in the US, that the president suffered no harm after he was subsequently re-elected, that the editing was not intentional, and that it was a 12-second clip within a 1-hour documentary. The BBC adds that opinion on political issues is strongly protected by US defamation laws.

The scandal deepened after the Daily Telegraph revealed another similar montage of Trump's speech, broadcast on Newsnight in 2022. This material also drew criticism for faulty editing, while Trump's former chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, said the video had spliced ??together separate phrases of the speech.

The BBC said it was reviewing the matter and remained committed to the highest editorial standards. Trump's legal team accused the BBC of a "pattern of defamation" against the former president. Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey called on the British prime minister to intervene to protect the BBC's independence.


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