{"id":2229,"date":"2025-11-15T08:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2229"},"modified":"2025-11-15T08:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:42:01","slug":"trump-says-will-sue-bbc-for-up-to-5bn-over-edited-video-media-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2229","title":{"rendered":"Trump says will sue BBC for up to $5bn over edited video | Media News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The US president signals legal war even as the British network apologises for an \u2018error of judgement\u2019 in editing his January 6 speech.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 15 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">15 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"587\">United States President Donald Trump says he would likely sue the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) next week for as much as $5bn after the British broadcaster admitted it wrongly edited a video of a speech he gave, but insisted there was no legal basis for his claim.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"587\">\u201cWe will sue them for anywhere between a billion and five billion dollars, probably sometime next week. I think I have to do it. They have even admitted that they cheated,\u201d Trump told reporters on board Air Force One late on Friday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"587\">Trump\u2019s lawyers had sent the BBC a letter on Monday, accusing it of defaming the US president with the video of the speech before the 2021 US Capitol riot and giving it until Friday to apologise and pay compensation for what they described as \u201coverwhelming reputational and financial harm\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"587\">The controversy centres on the BBC\u2019s edit of Trump\u2019s remarks from January 6, 2021, the day his supporters stormed the US Capitol. The dispute has pushed the network into its most severe crisis in decades, triggering the resignations of two senior leaders and prompting a wave of political scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"587\">\u201cThe people of the UK are very angry about what happened, as you can imagine, because it shows the BBC is fake news,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"587\">He added that he planned to raise the BBC issue with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has backed the broadcaster\u2019s independence while avoiding taking sides against Trump.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"587\">\u201cI\u2019m going to call him over the weekend. He actually put a call into me. He\u2019s very embarrassed,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"eyond-fake-this-is-corrupt\" data-start=\"1735\" data-end=\"1924\">\u2018Beyond fake, this is corrupt\u2019<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2183\">The documentary, aired on the BBC\u2019s flagship Panorama programme, stitched together three separate clips of Trump\u2019s January 6 speech. His lawyers say the sequence created the false impression he was inciting the riot, calling the edit \u201cfalse and defamatory\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2185\" data-end=\"2526\">In an interview with GB News, Trump accused the BBC of misconduct. He said the edit was \u201cimpossible to believe\u201d and likened it to election interference.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2185\" data-end=\"2526\">\u201cI made a beautiful statement, and they made it into a not beautiful statement,\u201d he said. \u201cFake news was a great term, except it\u2019s not strong enough. This is beyond fake, this is corrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2528\" data-end=\"2771\">He dismissed the BBC\u2019s apology as insufficient, arguing that the broadcaster had spliced together remarks that were nearly an hour apart. \u201cIt\u2019s incredible to depict the idea that I had given this aggressive speech which led to riots,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2773\" data-end=\"2990\">BBC chair Samir Shah issued a personal apology to the White House and told British lawmakers that the edit was \u201can error of judgement\u201d. Culture Minister Lisa Nandy said on Friday the apology was \u201cright and necessary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2992\" data-end=\"3184\">The crisis has already cost the BBC its director general, Tim Davie, and its head of news, Deborah Turness, both of whom resigned this week as accusations of bias and editing failures mounted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US president signals legal war even as the British network apologises for an \u2018error of judgement\u2019 in editing his January 6 speech. 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