Lib Dems: Trump 'undermining' BBC

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Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey says that a comment by the U.S. President Donald Trump that the BBC is "corrupt" is, in Davey's view, "undermining" the corporation, and that he has called on other U.K. party leaders to equally condemn the comment. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I think the board of the BBC certainly have questions to answer about how they have handled this.

00:06But I think the key issue for politicians today is, are they going to defend the institution of the BBC?

00:12It's a world-leading institution, the most trusted media institution in the world, and we should protect it.

00:19That's why I have written to the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, Kimi Badenoch and Nigel Farage,

00:25to see if they'll join me in criticising Donald Trump, who is undermining the BBC with his comments,

00:31attacking the leadership, calling BBC journalists corrupt,

00:37and with his press secretary suggesting that people should watch GB News.

00:42That's a level of interference in our media which is unprecedented,

00:45and I hope other political leaders will join the Liberal Democrats in calling President Trump out.

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