BBC apologizes to Trump but rejects basis for his billion-dollar lawsuit threat

[shockedcanadian]

According to Sky News President Trump did not accept the apology and will go forward with a lawsuit. Which of course BBC rejects.

I get that Trump is angry because this had been run a week before the election in 2024, I'm not sure a big lawsuit is the right play here. He should demand they make a large donation to a U.S charity or two, perhaps the homeless or Vet group in the U.S and a public announcement of committed change for being a reporter of news, more balanced etc.

For the record, I think editing also occurred by a media company in Australia and a Swedish media company.

There is no doubt that if an organization is not reporting the news accurately but are looking to manipulate the news and misrepresenting what people say that is evidence of real problems. There should be consequences, I'm just not sure if a lawsuit is the right path. Does he really want to put 200 BBC workers out of a job because their leaders, who have already resigned; were politically biased?

Trump doesn't need the money so why not gain other benefits by taking the high road while actually obtaining change?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bbc-trump-apology-9.6978185

The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1-billion US lawsuit threat.

The British network said its chair, Samir Shah, sent a personal letter to the White House saying that he and the corporation were sorry for the edit of the speech Trump gave before some of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress was poised to certify the results of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.

The BBC said there are no plans to rebroadcast the documentary, which had spliced together parts of his speech that came almost an hour apart.


"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 BBC wrote in a retraction.

Apology demanded​

Trump's lawyer had sent the BBC a letter demanding an apology and threatened to file a $1 billion US lawsuit for the harm the documentary caused him. It had set a Friday deadline for the public broadcaster to respond.

While the BBC statement doesn't respond to Trump's demand that he be compensated for "overwhelming financial and reputational harm," the headline on its news story about the apology said it refused to pay compensation.

 

[kyzr]

I can't wait to see how Tommy boy reacts to the BBC causing his tax dollars to go to TRUMP.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Beat them until they quit printing propo

 

[candycorn]

According to Sky News President Trump did not accept the apology and will go forward with a lawsuit. Which of course BBC rejects.

I get that Trump is angry because this had been run a week before the election in 2024, I'm not sure a big lawsuit is the right play here. He should demand they make a large donation to a U.S charity or two, perhaps the homeless or Vet group in the U.S and a public announcement of committed change for being a reporter of news, more balanced etc.

For the record, I think editing also occurred by a media company in Australia and a Swedish media company.

There is no doubt that if an organization is not reporting the news accurately but are looking to manipulate the news and misrepresenting what people say that is evidence of real problems. There should be consequences, I'm just not sure if a lawsuit is the right path. Does he really want to put 200 BBC workers out of a job because their leaders, who have already resigned; were politically biased?

Trump doesn't need the money so why not gain other benefits by taking the high road while actually obtaining change?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bbc-trump-apology-9.6978185

The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1-billion US lawsuit threat.

The British network said its chair, Samir Shah, sent a personal letter to the White House saying that he and the corporation were sorry for the edit of the speech Trump gave before some of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress was poised to certify the results of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.

The BBC said there are no plans to rebroadcast the documentary, which had spliced together parts of his speech that came almost an hour apart.


"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 BBC wrote in a retraction.

Apology demanded​

Trump's lawyer had sent the BBC a letter demanding an apology and threatened to file a $1 billion US lawsuit for the harm the documentary caused him. It had set a Friday deadline for the public broadcaster to respond.

While the BBC statement doesn't respond to Trump's demand that he be compensated for "overwhelming financial and reputational harm," the headline on its news story about the apology said it refused to pay compensation.

A corporte entity just dismissed a nuisence.

 

[Rogue AI]

Hard to imagine that Trump could lose if the BBC claims they are a respectable organization and not a tabloid rag. It is always pathetic when these so-called news outlets become the news because they are too unprofessional to report the news.

 

[Edgetho]

The BBC didn't just run heavily-doctored video of Trump seeming to urge his supporters to go to the Capitol and riot on the premiere BBC program (or 'programme') Panorama.

They ran similar doctored footage on BBC Newsnight.

That means more editors and "journalists" saw the footage and decided to lie.

In addition, it is now revealed that they were warned about the deceptive nature of the edit, and decided they were fine with it.

A former White House chief of staff criticised the BBC on air for "splicing" the footage, but his concerns were ignored by Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark.

A whistleblower told The Telegraph that a further discussion the following day was also shut down.

The revelation risks plunging the corporation further into crisis, after the Panorama edit was disclosed in an internal dossier on bias that was leaked to The Telegraph.

It is also likely to raise fresh questions about the future of Jonathan Munro, Ms Turness's deputy, who has been put in charge of the BBC's overall news operation since her departure.

At the time of the broadcast, Mr Munro was interim director of news and current affairs with ultimate responsibility for Newsnight.

...

BBC insiders have sought to portray the bias allegations as part of a Right-wing coup against its news operation, suggesting that individual errors were not evidence of a systemic problem.

However, the separately doctored Newsnight footage - which was disclosed to The Telegraph by a separate whistleblower who had worked on the programme - suggests issues are more ingrained in the corporation than its defenders claim.

Podcast host Joe Rogan called out the BBC on Wednesday over the scandal over the network's deceptively edited video of former President Donald Trump, saying it shows the "deep rot" in mainstream media.
...

Rogan discussed the scandal multiple times this week, arguing on his podcast that it was "not journalism, but, like, full-on lying and propaganda. And it's kinda f--ing dangerous."

"It seems like these people -- this is just my opinion -- felt justified for completely lying, because it would lead to an ultimate good. So they lost all journalistic integrity. And it is the BBC, which is like the height of journalistic integrity," Rogan said.

"If that doesn't show the rot of mainstream, corporate-controlled media, then nothing does. Because that's pure rot," Rogan said. "At the top of the heap, if someone quoted a source, and it was the BBC, I'd think, 'OK, that's like The Washington Post or The New York Times.' It's a very official source, so I'd assume, 'This must be real.'"


Now, he said, things are different: "They turned it into activism, and they turned it into lying -- and they did it in front of everyone, where you could clearly just listen to the full speech and know he didn't say that. That's not how he said it at all."

 

[wamose]

**** the BBC. They should bring back Benny Hill reruns and cut the propaganda bullshit. They're obviously too stupid to do what they're trying to do. Now they're going to have to find out who's their daddy.

 

[JGalt]

According to Sky News President Trump did not accept the apology and will go forward with a lawsuit. Which of course BBC rejects.

I get that Trump is angry because this had been run a week before the election in 2024, I'm not sure a big lawsuit is the right play here. He should demand they make a large donation to a U.S charity or two, perhaps the homeless or Vet group in the U.S and a public announcement of committed change for being a reporter of news, more balanced etc.

For the record, I think editing also occurred by a media company in Australia and a Swedish media company.

There is no doubt that if an organization is not reporting the news accurately but are looking to manipulate the news and misrepresenting what people say that is evidence of real problems. There should be consequences, I'm just not sure if a lawsuit is the right path. Does he really want to put 200 BBC workers out of a job because their leaders, who have already resigned; were politically biased?

Trump doesn't need the money so why not gain other benefits by taking the high road while actually obtaining change?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bbc-trump-apology-9.6978185

The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1-billion US lawsuit threat.

The British network said its chair, Samir Shah, sent a personal letter to the White House saying that he and the corporation were sorry for the edit of the speech Trump gave before some of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress was poised to certify the results of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.

The BBC said there are no plans to rebroadcast the documentary, which had spliced together parts of his speech that came almost an hour apart.


"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 BBC wrote in a retraction.

Apology demanded​

Trump's lawyer had sent the BBC a letter demanding an apology and threatened to file a $1 billion US lawsuit for the harm the documentary caused him. It had set a Friday deadline for the public broadcaster to respond.

While the BBC statement doesn't respond to Trump's demand that he be compensated for "overwhelming financial and reputational harm," the headline on its news story about the apology said it refused to pay compensation.

Oh. So their stance is "We're sorry we slandered you but we're above the law and won't be held responsible."

 

[hadit]

A corporte entity just dismissed a nuisence.

They're already admitted they did what he's accusing them of doing. That takes it way out of the realm of nuisance.

 

[Edgetho]

**** the BBC. They should bring back Benny Hill reruns and cut the propaganda bullshit. They're obviously too stupid to do what they're trying to do. Now they're going to have to find out who's their daddy.

The Industry attracts that type of person. The Engineering field attracts a certain personality/character Trait, Physics another, Tech another, the Medical Field another, and the DISGUSTING FILTH attracts scumbags.

Like a fresh pile of shit attracts Flies, the DISGUSTING FILTH attracts lying scum, with no morals, no character, no principles, no direction -- Only hatred stemming from a Narcissistic personality disorder. They all want to be noticed, they all desire vindication/validation, they all will do anything to gain those to the highest possible degree...... Narcissicists. Depraved ones. Mentally ill ones.

 

[Foxfyre]

According to Sky News President Trump did not accept the apology and will go forward with a lawsuit. Which of course BBC rejects.

I get that Trump is angry because this had been run a week before the election in 2024, I'm not sure a big lawsuit is the right play here. He should demand they make a large donation to a U.S charity or two, perhaps the homeless or Vet group in the U.S and a public announcement of committed change for being a reporter of news, more balanced etc.

For the record, I think editing also occurred by a media company in Australia and a Swedish media company.

There is no doubt that if an organization is not reporting the news accurately but are looking to manipulate the news and misrepresenting what people say that is evidence of real problems. There should be consequences, I'm just not sure if a lawsuit is the right path. Does he really want to put 200 BBC workers out of a job because their leaders, who have already resigned; were politically biased?

Trump doesn't need the money so why not gain other benefits by taking the high road while actually obtaining change?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bbc-trump-apology-9.6978185

The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1-billion US lawsuit threat.

The British network said its chair, Samir Shah, sent a personal letter to the White House saying that he and the corporation were sorry for the edit of the speech Trump gave before some of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress was poised to certify the results of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.

The BBC said there are no plans to rebroadcast the documentary, which had spliced together parts of his speech that came almost an hour apart.


"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 BBC wrote in a retraction.

Apology demanded​

Trump's lawyer had sent the BBC a letter demanding an apology and threatened to file a $1 billion US lawsuit for the harm the documentary caused him. It had set a Friday deadline for the public broadcaster to respond.

While the BBC statement doesn't respond to Trump's demand that he be compensated for "overwhelming financial and reputational harm," the headline on its news story about the apology said it refused to pay compensation.

Trump has taken the 'high road' in not retaliating against dishonest malicious media so many times everybody has lost count. And they have not changed their ways yet.

Getting caught and exposed has not been sufficient to curb the evil because they don't care and their audiences won't be advised of what they did. They've already demonstrated that like most of the left they have no integrity, honor, ethics, morals. Just quietly saying they're sorry isn't sufficient to compensate for the serious damage they do. Maybe a huge headline on the front page or every night for a week leading their broadcasts with an admission of what they did might be enough. They never do that though.

The only thing that will restore any integrity to mass journalism is significant economic pain for deliberate misconduct.

 

[Meathead]

A corporte entity just dismissed a nuisence.

Whatever. This is colossal **** up for BBC and the longer it goes on the worse it'll get. Trump would have BBC by the balls if they had any.

 

[kyzr]

Whatever. This is colossal **** up for BBC and the longer it goes on the worse it'll get. Trump would have BBC by the balls if they had any.

The BBC fired the top two guys, that pretty much admits wrongdoing.

 

[Concerned American]

He should demand they make a large donation to a U.S charity or two

Cold Hard Cash is the only thing that influences these, LOL, news outlets. I would like it if he bankrupted one or two of them. Maybe it would bring some credibility back into the fifth estate.

 

[Meathead]

The BBC fired the top two guys, that pretty much admits wrongdoing.

Obviously, but if Trump goes to court and makes this an even higher-profile item the more BBC's already scarred reputation will suffer.

It is certainly self-inflicted by dishonest journalism that would make a CNN anchor blush.

 

[shockedcanadian]

**** the BBC. They should bring back Benny Hill reruns and cut the propaganda bullshit. They're obviously too stupid to do what they're trying to do. Now they're going to have to find out who's their daddy.

Benny Hill could replace a number of shows on today. Never laughed so hard as watching old Benny run around in x4 speed with the silly, now well known music in the background.

 

[Edgetho]

Whatever. This is colossal **** up for BBC and the longer it goes on the worse it'll get. Trump would have BBC by the balls if they had any.

Negatory. the DISGUSTING FILTH only considers it a screw up when they get caught. That's all they care about. There is no remorse, no feeling of guilt, no willingness to do better in the future.... They got caught. Next time, they'll be more careful to not get caught.

That's all they care about, my friends. They got caught. They couldn't care less about truth or integrity. Only about getting caught.

These people are irredeemable scum. They serve no purpose. At least Flies on shit breed maggots who, in turn, devour rotting flesh keeping it from polluting and stinking. Maggots also feed birds. Along with Mosquito Larvae.

the DISGUSTING FILTH isn't even good for that. They are lower than maggots. They are scum; dimocrap scum; the lowest form of life on Earth.

 

[Concerned American]

Benny Hill could replace a number of shows on today. Never laughed so hard as watching old Benny run around in x4 speed with the silly, now well known music in the background.

I liked the Canadian production that John Byner did in the 80's. Bizarre was a great show as well. Loved Super Dave Osborne.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

LOL,

**** Trump.
The retard thinks he will get $$$ from a foreign media outlet?
It never ceases to amaze, how stupid this moron can go.

 

[Meathead]

LOL,

**** Trump.
The retard thinks he will get $$$ from a foreign media outlet?
It never ceases to amaze, how stupid this moron can go.

It's not about money. It's about destroying fake news. You think Trump is going to let such an opportunity go?

Your naivety is what's moronic.