BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but rejects demand for $1bn compensation

Описание: The BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a speech in a documentary after the US president threatened a $1bn lawsuit.

The corporation said on Thursday evening that chair Samir Shah sent a personal letter to the White House to apologise for how Mr Trump’s speech appeared in a Panorama episode aired in October 2024.

However, the broadcaster has refused to pay the president compensation, adding that it: “Strongly disagrees there is a basis for a defamation claim.”

Mr Trump has threatened to sue the BBC over its editing of the speech, which made it appear as if he was explicitly urging people to attack the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. His lawyers had written to the corporation earlier this week demanding a retraction and compensation by Friday.

In a retraction published by the BBC, it said the episode, Trump: A Second Chance?’, “will not be broadcast again in this form on any BBC platforms”.


Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn over a Panorama documentary episode he claims “defamed” him by selectively editing his 6 January 2021 speech.

In an exclusive interview with The Independent, media lawyer Rupert Cowper-Coles explains why the corporation needs to take the lawsuit "seriously".

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