"'We're gonna walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you,' Trump appeared to say. 'And we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell you're not gonna have a country any more.' In fact the footage was made up of content from three separate sections of the speech, with the mention of fighting coming 54 minutes later during a segment on 'corrupt' elections."
"The documentary has caused a furor in the UK. The edit was brought to light this month when The Telegraph publicized a leaked internal BBC memo written by former editorial advisor Michael Prescott, previously political editor of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Sunday Times. It sparked a national debate about the BBC's alleged bias, led to resignations from both Davie and former head of news Deborah Turness, and has prompted Trump himself to threaten to sue the broadcaster."
FCC chair Brendan Carr wrote to the BBC, PBS, and NPR requesting copies of any video or audio of a spliced Donald Trump speech and transcripts or footage of any US broadcasts. The inquiry targets a 2024 BBC Panorama episode that presented edited footage combining parts of Trump's January 6, 2021 speech to suggest an explicit call for violence. The shown utterance combined clips from three separate moments, with the 'fight like hell' line occurring 54 minutes later in a different segment about 'corrupt' elections. The edit provoked public outrage in the UK, a leaked internal memo, resignations at the BBC, and legal threats from Trump.
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