""No, [it] should not happen. "You're talking about public money. It would not be appropriate,""
""The licence fee is already becoming more and more unpopular as it goes up each year. And people feel less and less that they need to watch the BBC. I think this would just add to the feeling of injustice about being forced to pay a licence fee.""
""Of course, He has a right to be aggrieved by the way the BBC edited the Panorama programme. If he is so aggrieved, it's worth £5billion? I don't quite believe that. He didn't even know he had been libelled in this way until a week ago, and somehow it has become the most damaging thing in his career.""
""hard work, diligence and the belief in impartiality""
Lord Tony Hall advised that public funds should not be used to settle Donald Trump's threatened legal claim over a Panorama edit. Donald Trump has threatened a $1–$5 billion lawsuit after a programme spliced his 6 January 2021 speech to suggest he encouraged the Capitol riots. Hall described the edit as a serious error and said journalists' hard work, diligence and belief in impartiality were undermined. Trump said he may file suit soon and felt an obligation to act. Sir John Whittingdale warned a payout would fuel licence-fee resentment, while Roger Mosey questioned the £5 billion valuation.
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