"We want to be clear that October Films have always conducted themselves professionally, and there is no suggestion from our side that they would maliciously misrepresent Reform UK. However, following the Panorama documentary the trust has been lost, and both BBC and the production company will have to do a lot of hard work to regain that trust."
"I think I have an obligation to do it, you can't allow people to do that. I guess I have to. They defrauded the public and they've admitted it. This is within one of our great allies, supposedly our great ally. That's a pretty sad event. They actually changed my January 6 speech, which was a beautiful speech, which was a very calming speech, and they made it sound radical. They showed me the results of how they butchered it up. It was very dishonest and the head man quit and a"
Reform UK pulled out of a BBC documentary titled The Rise of Reform amid a row over the BBC's editing of Donald Trump's January 6 speech. The planned film was to be presented by Laura Kuenssberg and produced by October Films. October Films had been involved in a Panorama programme that preceded the resignations of BBC director general Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness. The misleading edit was carried out by BBC staff, not October Films. An internal Reform memo urged members to decline participation, citing lost trust despite acknowledging October Films' professionalism. Trump threatened legal action and repeated his criticism on Fox News.
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