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BBC reeling as Trump threatens billion-dollar lawsuit

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Tue, 11 Nov 2025, 8:02pm
BBC Director General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness resigned following accusations of bias and the controversy surrounding the editing of the Trump speech before the Capitol riots on 6 January 2021 in a BBC Panorama documentary. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
BBC Director General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness resigned following accusations of bias and the controversy surrounding the editing of the Trump speech before the Capitol riots on 6 January 2021 in a BBC Panorama documentary. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

BBC reeling as Trump threatens billion-dollar lawsuit

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 11 Nov 2025, 8:02pm

The BBC's chairman has denied claims the BBC is trying to bury accusations of bias, as Donald Trump threatens to sue the company.

A leaked BBC memo suggests the Panorama programme edited Trump’s speech to imply he encouraged the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021.

UK correspondent Enda Brady says it's likely the BBC will need to issue another apology - as the original didn't go far enough. 

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