Liberal Outlet Folds, Issues Apology To Trump After Getting Caught Red-Handed

The BBC apologized to Donald Trump on Thursday for editing his Jan. 6, 2021, speech in a misleading way but rejected his claim that the network defamed him.

Trump’s legal team sent the broadcaster a letter earlier this week demanding it retract “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” made in a 2024 documentary by Friday or face a $1 billion lawsuit.

In a statement, the BBC said its chair, Samir Shah, had written a personal apology to the White House and confirmed the program would not air again.

“While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim,” an unnamed spokesperson said.

The White House deferred comment to Trump’s legal team. Alejandro Brito, the attorney representing Trump, did not respond to a request for comment.

The legal dispute centers on a spliced segment from Trump’s speech before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that aired in the documentary “Trump: A Second Chance?” The edit made it appear Trump told supporters, “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be there with you, and we fight. We fight like hell.”

Those lines were actually delivered nearly an hour apart. The network also omitted Trump’s call for supporters “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”

After public criticism, the BBC added a correction to the program, admitting it had made “an error of judgment.”

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“We accept that our edit unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech, rather than excerpts from different points in the speech, and that this gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action,” the statement said.

The BBC said the documentary will not be shown again “in this form on any BBC platforms.”

The controversy comes as the network faces internal upheaval. Director General Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness both resigned last weekend following public backlash over the documentary and criticism of the BBC’s coverage of the war in Gaza.

Trump declared victory on Truth Social shortly after.

“The TOP people in the BBC, including TIM DAVIE, the BOSS, are all quitting/FIRED, because they were caught ‘doctoring’ my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6th,” he posted. “These are very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a Presidential Election. On top of everything else, they are from a Foreign Country, one that many consider our Number One Ally. What a terrible thing for Democracy!”

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