President accuses corporation of ‘intentionally, maliciously and deceptively’ editing speech in Panorama broadcast
Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the BBC over its editing of a speech he made to supporters in Washington before they stormed the US Capitol in 2021, requesting up to $10bn in damages.
The US president alleged the broadcaster “intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively” edited his 6 January speech before the insurrection, in an episode of Panorama just over a year ago.
In a complaint filed on Monday evening, Trump sought $5bn in damages each on two counts: alleging that the BBC defamed him, and that they violated Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Can’t the BBC just tell Trump to fuck off? He’s not president of Britain.
The BBC has slowly been captured by Tory and right-wing heads who probably see capitulating as a valid option, and the Labour government is so limp that they would veto any serious retaliation from the BBC.
This.
Their formal response should be “no”.
He can’t sue in British court and he’s forever saying how British and european institutions don’t have authority over American tech companies.
Seriously. This seems performative. And how did they edit it exactly? Did they have him say things he didn’t fucking say?
The documentary cut two sentences together that in reality were 50min apart, and made it seem like he explicitly ordered the assault on the Capitol. It was a bad misjudgment and it raises questions about how it made it to the air.
Ah.