Article in The Guardian by Michael Savage, 11/12/25
Headline: “BBC prepared to apologise to Trump to resolve billion-dollar legal threat”
Subhead: “The US president has threatened the BBC with a lawsuit over the editing of a Trump speech in an edition of Panorama”
“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. . . ”
“The BBC’s leadership is facing a looming deadline over how to reply to Trump’s legal threat, filed in a Florida court on Wednesday according to the White House. It follows the editing of a Trump speech in an edition of Panorama, which was a significant factor in the resignation of director general Tim Davie and Deborah Turness, its head of news. . .”
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Article in AP by David Bader 11/11/25
Headline: “In Trump-dominated media world, editing video takes on new significance — as BBC uproar shows”
“In the space of a few months, one of the more straightforward journalistic tasks — editing tape for broadcast — has been behind a $16 million legal settlement, a network’s change in how it offers interviews on a news show and, now, the resignation of two top leaders at the BBC.
“The other common denominator: President Donald Trump.
“Britain’s BBC is reeling this week following the resignations of its director-general, Tim Davie, and news chief Deborah Turness amid accusations of bias in the editing of last year’s documentary, ‘Trump: A Second Chance.’ . . .”
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