"Local government minister Alison McGovern, on the morning media round for the government, said the BBC should say sorry to Mr Trump for the splicing together of clips of his speech which made it appear he had told supporters he was going to walk to the US Capitol with them to "fight like hell", omitting a section about peaceful protest."
"The BBC has apologised for the editing but not directly to the US president. The president can say what he wants. He will do, we know that Asked if the corporation should apologise to the US president, Ms McGovern said: "If they have made an editorial mistake, then they should apologise. "The BBC is probably chock-full of policies on what they should do when they make editorial mistakes and I think they should stick to it.""
The US president threatened a $1bn/£1bn lawsuit against the BBC over edited footage that appeared to show him urging supporters to march to the US Capitol and "fight like hell". The BBC apologised for the editing but did not apologise directly to the president. UK local government minister Alison McGovern said the BBC should apologise for splicing clips and urged adherence to editorial policies, while declining to back the corporation against the legal threat. Critics said the British prime minister has sometimes failed to stand up to the US president, and shadow culture secretary Nigel Huddleston suggested the BBC should "grovel".
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