The BBC has issued an apology to Donald Trump after airing an edited clip on the program Panorama that suggested the US president had encouraged the attacks on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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Trump threatened to take legal action against the BBC and made three demands to the British broadcaster. The threat led the company’s director, Tim Dave, to resign.
In the documentary aired by the broadcaster, Trump said: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol… and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.”
The statement the Republican actually made was: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol and cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and congresswomen.” The original version was spoken one hour before the altered words.
Donald Trump threatened the British broadcaster with a 1-billion-dollar lawsuit and gave them a deadline until Friday (14) to apologize.
A spokesperson for the broadcaster wrote that the company’s lawyers sent a response letter to the legal team of President Trump.
“BBC Chairman Samir Shah separately sent a personal letter to the White House making it clear to President Trump that he and the corporation regret the editing of the president’s speech on January 6, 2021,” he wrote.
“Although the BBC sincerely regrets the way the clip was edited, we strongly disagree that there is any basis for a defamation lawsuit,” he continued.
The broadcaster said it will no longer air the documentary on any platform.
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