Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Joel Simon, 11/13/25
Headline: “How Donald Trump Blew Up the BBC“
Subhead: “The president set out to undermine public broadcasters in the US. Now, with help from British allies, he’s taking his strategy global.”
“Last week, I wrote about the BBC’s big ambitions for the US market and its confidence that a just-the-facts approach, combined with a global sensibility, would give it a competitive edge in Trump’s America. . .’
“The same day my column ran, The Telegraph published a story that seemed to utterly upend those plans. Based on a leaked internal memo, it alleged that a documentary aired just before the 2024 US presidential election on the BBC program Panorama had ‘doctored’ a Donald Trump speech by making him appear to encourage the Capitol Hill riot” of January 6, 2021. . .”
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https://www.cjr.org/analysis/how-donald-trump-blew-up-bbc-us-market-telegraph-panorama-jan-6.php
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Article in the New Republic by Malcolm Ferguson, 11/13/25
Headline: “BBC Apologizes to Trump but Refuses to Pay Up Like He Demanded”
Subhead: “The BBC is warning Donald Trump that he doesn’t have a real defamation case.”
“The British Broadcasting Corporation has apologized to President Donald Trump for editing his speech on an episode of Panorama, but will not fork over the $1 billion he threatened to sue for. . .”
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https://newrepublic.com/post/203183/bbc-apologizes-trump-refuses-pay-defamation
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Article in Daily Kos by Alix Breeden, 11/11/25
Headline: “Trump’s war on the media goes global”
“President Donald Trump is trying to take his war on the media across the pond, but the United Kingdom isn’t having it.
“Trump’s attorney threatened a $1 billion lawsuit on the British Broadcasting Corporation Tuesday over a doctored clip of Trump speaking to his beloved Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
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