BBC Apologizes to Trump for Misleading Edit in Documentary

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UK public broadcaster the BBC has issued an apology to US President Donald Trump after he threatened to sue the institution for US$1 billion. The BBC has been embroiled in a crisis over its journalistic integrity after it aired a documentary that cut together two parts of a speech Trump gave on January 6, 2021, making him appear to call for violence by his supporters before they stormed the US Capitol building that day.

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00:00UK public broadcaster the BBC has apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump

00:05after being threatened with a lawsuit over a deceptively edited video.

00:09The video in question was a documentary the BBC aired last year,

00:13which spliced together two separate parts of a speech Trump made in 2021.

00:18The edit made it look like Trump had called for violence by his supporters in the January 6th Capitol riot.

00:24Trump's lawyers threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion U.S. dollars

00:28unless it pulled the documentary, apologized, and paid Trump for damage to his reputation.

00:33The BBC issued an apology on Friday but said the claims for damages are baseless.

00:38The crisis at the BBC has brought public scrutiny of its reporting

00:41and prompted the resignations of some of its top leadership.

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