Maybe the BBC can learn a thing or two about fake news from Trump | John Crace
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Maybe the BBC can learn a thing or two about fake news from Trump | John Crace
"You have to admire the chutzpah. The cheek of it. Donald Trump describing the BBC as corrupt while threatening to take legal action. Karoline Leavitt, The Donald's White House mouthpiece, calling the BBC 100% fake news. The man has never been known for his self-awareness so it's safe to say the irony has almost certainly passed him by. If you're being charitable, let's just say that maybe it takes fake news to spot fake news."
"Boris always followed a lie with a giveaway smirk. He couldn't help himself. It was an integral part of his self-destruction. As if, buried deep down in his subconscious, there was a part of him that wanted to be found out. But The Donald does it with a straight face. Knowing that no one dare call him out. During his recent state visit to the UK, Trump told a press conference he had ended a war between Albania and Azerbaijan."
"Yet in the Panorama programme on the Capitol riots, the BBC messed up big time. Splicing together two separate clips 50 minutes apart from the same speech to make it sound as if Trump had been inciting violence. What's more it was all so unnecessary. Everyone already knew that Trump didn't accept the result of a democratically held election. There was no need to lay it on any t"
Donald Trump publicly described the BBC as corrupt and threatened legal action, with Karoline Leavitt labeling the BBC '100% fake news.' He habitually lies and contrasts with Boris Johnson's visibly guilty smirk. Trump delivers false claims with a straight face, including a remark about ending a non-existent war between Albania and Azerbaijan during a UK visit, while Keir Starmer stayed silent to avoid a diplomatic incident. The BBC generally aspires to impartiality, sometimes giving fringe views balance. Panorama was accused of splicing two clips from a speech to suggest Trump incited violence during the Capitol riots, an unnecessary manipulation given existing evidence of his election denial.
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