{"id":101263,"date":"2025-11-14T16:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bbc-apologises-to-trump-but-rejects-legal-basis-for-defamation-claim-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:03:08","slug":"bbc-apologises-to-trump-but-rejects-legal-basis-for-defamation-claim-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bbc-apologises-to-trump-but-rejects-legal-basis-for-defamation-claim-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC apologises to Trump but rejects legal basis for defamation claim | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC says its chair sent a personal apology to the White House, calling the documentary edit an error<\/p>\n

A man walks towards BBC building entrance. PHOTO: AFP <\/p>\n

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The British Broadcasting Corporation sent a personal apology to US President Donald Trump on Thursday but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his lawyers called defamatory.<\/p>\n

The documentary, which aired on the BBC’s “Panorama” news programme just before the US presidential election in 2024, spliced together three parts of Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the Capitol. The edit created the impression he had called for violence.<\/p>\n

“While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim,” the broadcaster said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Lawyers for the US president threatened on Sunday to sue the BBC for damages of up to $1 billion unless it withdrew the documentary, apologised to the president and compensated him for “financial and reputational harm.”<\/p>\n

Apologies from chair, no plans to rebroadcast<\/strong><\/p>\n

By asserting that Trump\u2019s defamation case lacks merit, the BBC effectively signaled that it believes his claim for financial damages is equally untenable. But the broadcaster did not directly address Trump’s financial demand.<\/p>\n

In its statement, the BBC said Chair Samir Shah on Thursday “sent a personal letter to the White House making clear that he and the corporation were sorry for the edit.” Shah earlier in the week apologised to a British parliamentary oversight committee and said the edit was “an error of judgement.”<\/p>\n

British culture minister Lisa Nandy said on Friday it was right that the BBC had apologised to Trump.<\/p>\n

“They’ve rightly accepted that they didn’t meet the highest standards and that’s the basis on which the chairman of the board has offered this apology to the President of the United States,” she told Times Radio.<\/p>\n

In its statement on Thursday, the BBC added that it has no plans to rebroadcast the documentary on any of its platforms.<\/p>\n

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Earlier on Thursday, the BBC said it was\u00a0looking into\u00a0fresh allegations, published in The Telegraph newspaper, over the editing by another of its programmes, “Newsnight,” of the same speech.
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The BBC has been thrown into its\u00a0biggest crisis\u00a0in decades after two senior executives\u00a0resigned\u00a0amid allegations of bias, including about the edit of Trump\u2019s speech. The claims came to light because of a leaked report by a BBC standards official.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1922 and funded largely by a licence fee paid by TV-watching Britons, the BBC is without a permanent leader as the government weighs how it should be funded in the future.
It is a vital instrument of Britain’s “soft power” globally. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that he believed in a “strong and independent” BBC.<\/p>\n

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