#panorama-edit

#panorama-edit

President Trump's multibillion dollar lawsuit against the BBC over the editing of one of his speeches has been set for a year's time. In a blow to the corporation, the Florida judge has also rejected the BBC's attempt to put off disclosing internal documents relating to the episode of Panorama that contained the spliced version of Trump's 2021 address. Trump made the speech in Washington before supporters stormed the US Capitol.

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.

I have complete confidence that both Samir Shah, the chair of the BBC, and Tim Davie are treating this with the seriousness that this demands. I do want to see that response to the select committee, and I will, of course, consider it and have further conversations with them about the action that they're taking. There are a series of very serious allegations made, the most serious of which is that there is systemic bias in the way that difficult issues are reported at the BBC.