Donald Trump confirms intention to sue BBC after speech edit [iIpPuB7LoNF]
Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC next week after the corporation apologised but declined to compensate him for its edited version of a 2021 speech broadcast by Panorama. Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One, the US president said he would sue the corporation for “anywhere between 1 billion dollars (£759.8 million) and 5 billion dollars (£3.79 billion), probably sometime next week”. He had previously said he had an “obligation” to launch a billion-dollar lawsuit against the broadcaster, saying in an interview with Fox News that the BBC had “defrauded the public”. Speaking on Friday evening, he said: “I think I have to do it. They’ve even admitted that they cheated… They changed the words coming out of my mouth. On Thursday, the BBC said the edit of Mr Trump’s speech on January 6 2021 had given the “mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action”. The broadcaster apologised and said the splicing of the speech was an “error of judgment” but refused to pay financial compensation after the president’s lawyers threatened to sue for one billion dollars in damages unless a retraction and apology were published. Chairman Samir Shah sent a personal letter to the White House to apologise for the editing, and lawyers for the corporation wrote to the president’s legal team, a BBC spokesperson said. The spokesperson added: “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.” Continue reading at Manchester Evening News: BBC apologises to Donald Trump over Panorama edit of his speech LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #news #bbc #donaldtrump