"US President Donald Trump has threatened the BBC with a $1bn lawsuit over the editing of a 2021 speech he gave shortly before protesters attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump's threat on Monday evening is the latest turn in a saga which has embroiled the corporation for the past week, following the leak of a memo which criticised the BBC's impartiality in a number of areas of its coverage."
"As a public broadcaster that is funded by a mandatory licence fee for all households in possession of a television, the BBC faces intense scrutiny from all sides of the political divide, with some claiming it is too conservative in its coverage, and others saying it is too left-leaning. The organisation has also weathered several scandals in recent years over the behaviour of some of its presenters, as well as complaints from its journalists over its coverage of Israel's war on Gaza. This year, it was forced to drop former professional footballer and sports commentator Gary Lineker over a pro-Palestine Instagram post that was widely seen as anti-Semitic."
The BBC is accused of editorial bias after a leaked memo criticised several areas of its coverage, especially alleged misleading editing of Donald Trump's January 6, 2021 speech. Trump threatened a $1bn lawsuit over the edited footage. The memo, written by Michal Prescott, singled out a Panorama documentary that featured the edited speech. The leak prompted outrage mainly from right-wing media and politicians and led to the resignations of Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness. The BBC faces intense scrutiny as a publicly funded broadcaster and has recently faced scandals over presenters and Gaza coverage.
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