Trump sues BBC for defamation over editing of January 6, 2021 speech

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US President Donald Trump sues the BBC for defamation over edited clips of a speech.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/us-canada/trump-sues-bbc-defamation-january-6-2021-speech/

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump sues the BBC for defamation over edited clips of a speech.

00:06Trump accuses Britain's publicly-owned broadcaster of defaming him by splicing together parts of a

00:11January 6, 2021 speech. This includes one section where he told supporters to march on the Capitol

00:16and another where he said, fight like hell. It omitted a section in which he called for peaceful

00:21protest. The BBC has apologized to Trump, admitting an error of judgment and saying the edit wrongly

00:27implied he called for violence but maintained there is no legal basis for a lawsuit. In his

00:32lawsuit, Trump says the BBC, despite its apology, has made no showing of actual remorse for its

00:37wrongdoing or meaningful institutional changes to prevent future journalistic abuses.

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