"Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC and welcomed the resignations of two of its most senior figures after a campaign against the broadcaster that reached fever pitch over criticism that its flagship documentary programme in 2024 used a misleading edit of a Trump speech. Lawyers for the US president said that the BBC must retract the Panorama documentary by Friday or face a lawsuit for no less than $1bn (760m), according to US media outlets who cited the letter."
"Thank you to The Telegraph for exposing these Corrupt Journalists.' 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!, Trump said on his social media platform, Truth Social."
Donald Trump’s lawyers demanded that the BBC retract a Panorama documentary by Friday or face a lawsuit for at least $1bn over a purportedly misleading edit of a January 6 speech. The BBC confirmed receipt of the letter and said it will respond in due course. The BBC director general, Tim Davie, and News CEO, Deborah Turness, resigned after a leaked internal report alleged coverage failings on transgender issues, Gaza and the Trump edit. Trump praised The Telegraph on Truth Social for exposing those he called “Corrupt Journalists.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt publicly condemned the BBC as politically biased.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]