"The BBC should never agree to pay any money to Donald Trump, former director general Lord Tony Hall has said. The corporation has apologised to the US President for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of his 6 January 2021 speech together, but rejected his demands for compensation. Since the corporation's retraction, Trump has indicated he may continue legal action, upping the amount he could sue for to between $1bn (759m) and $5bn."
"Asked if he could ever conceive of licence fee payers' money being used to pay Trump off, Lord Hall told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: "No, [it] should not happen. You're talking about public money. It would not be appropriate." Lord Hall stepped down as director general in 2020 after seven years in the role. Controversy around how Trump's speech was edited has led to the resignations of BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness."
The BBC apologised for a Panorama edit that spliced parts of Donald Trump's 6 January 2021 speech and rejected demands for compensation. Trump has threatened further legal action and increased potential damages to $1bn–$5bn. Former director general Lord Tony Hall said public licence fee money should not be used to pay Trump and called the edit a "serious error" that should have been recognised earlier. Two senior BBC figures resigned over the controversy, complicating the corporation's charter renewal. The BBC published a corrections statement accepting the edit gave a mistaken impression of a direct call for violent action.
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