"The BBC is prepared to formally apologise to Donald Trump as part of its efforts to resolve his billion-dollar legal threat over its editing of one of his speeches, the Guardian understands. However, figures at the corporation are also minded to be robust in defending its journalism in the face of allegations from Trump that it made false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements about him."
"The BBC's leadership is facing a looming deadline over how to reply to the Trump legal threat, filed in a Florida court. It follows the editing of a Trump speech in an edition of Panorama, which was a significant factor in the resignation of director general Tim Davie and Deborah Turness, its head of news. Reform UK pulls out of BBC film amid Trump speech edit row"
"It relates to an edition of Panorama broadcast last year, which spliced together clips of a Trump speech made on 6 January 2021. It has been accused of making it appear clearer that he encouraged the US Capitol attack later that day. The spliced clip suggested that Trump told the crowd: We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you, and we fight. We fight like hell. The words were taken from sections of his speech almost an hour apart."
BBC is prepared to apologise formally to Donald Trump to attempt resolution of his billion-dollar legal threat over an edited speech. Figures at the corporation intend to defend BBC journalism against allegations that it made false, defamatory, disparaging and inflammatory statements. Leadership faces a looming deadline to reply to the complaint filed in a Florida court. The Panorama edition spliced clips of Trump’s 6 January 2021 speech and was judged to give the impression of a direct call for violent action. The edit contributed to senior resignations. Samir Shah has issued an apology and legal teams are drafting an official response.
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