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BBC resignations follow Trump edit

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BBC director-general Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness resigned in London after the broadcaster admitted a misleading edit in a Trump documentary, prompting threats of legal action.

by Alan Sked

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Reposted by Justin Lewis

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One strange thing about the BBC/Trump row is that the programme in question was actually made by an independent production company. Yes, the BBC producers and Panorama’s editor should have checked everything before it was broadcast. But…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM

by Melissa Sweet

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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Why the BBC's issues go deeper than its 'doctoring' of Trump video
It is not US President Donald Trump who represents the biggest political threat to the BBC, but a leaked 8,000-word letter of complaint to the broadcaster's board motivated by "despair at inaction".
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM

by Jonathan Hopkin

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Haha he has no idea how broke this country is
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM

Reposted by Jonathan Hopkin, Jonathan Portes, Christina Pagel

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The idea of a $1 billion lawsuit from Donald Trump is utter nonsense

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Trump threatens $1bn legal action against BBC over 6 January speech edit
The BBC chair earlier apologises for the
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Reposted by Gary Sheffield

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Michael Prescott, behind the leaked dossier, is a corporate lobbyist and former Murdoch press man.

The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK. It is still highly trusted and vital.

It doesn’t belong to the US, shady think tanks, or vested interests in the media. It needs to grow a backbone.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM

by Andrew Jacobs

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it's someone's job to find the exact right photo of Dawn French for these pieces and I think that's beautiful
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · 7h
Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM

by Steven Fielding

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This! This is how you deal with him.
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · 7h
Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM

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Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM

by Will Jennings

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If Trump does sue the BBC for $1bn it may leave some of his ideological fellow travellers here in a tricky situation. Do the Conservatives and Reform join in with BBC bashing? Or will doing so be seen as unpatriotic? After all, it would be the British public who would ultimately pay for any damages.
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM

by Roos Vonk

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N.a.v. BBC en Trump wordt nu met spijt geconstateerd dat Trump dit uitbuit om eindeloos te herhalen dat media niet te vertrouwen zijn.
Maar eigenlijk illustreert dit juist het zelfreinigend vermogen van de BBC. Zoveel flagrante leugens van Trump en co zijn nóóit gecorrigeerd! Dat is veel erger.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM

by Ben H. Ansell

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Going to out on a limb and say Trump suing the BBC for a billion dollars may not poll well in the UK
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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What Goes from the BBC to RTVE

The United Kingdom has again shown that its democracy rests on institutions that respect themselves. After the controversial edition of a BBC documentary about Donald Trump, and other irregularities recently, both the director general of the public corporation, Tim Davie, and its director of news, Deborah Turness, have resigned to protect the guiding principle of a television funded with public money: neutrality. They did so after learning of criticisms from an internal adviser — a kind of counterweight that in Spain does not exist — with no greater scandal and recognizing errors that, although unintentional, could undermine public trust. They resigned for the good of the institution, out of respect for taxpayers and the principle that the exercise of public power must have limits. And, yes, this fills us with admiration. In Spain, by contrast, the model seems inverted. No one resigns and those at the helm do not draw any boundary. Not even when a high-audience program on RTVE presents as 'medical' or 'healthcare' a woman who is actually an administrative assistant and union activist, without anyone having apologized yet for such a lie. The setup served to attack the health management of a region governed by the opposition. The damage to credibility has had no consequences. There have been no dismissals. No explanations. Silence has been the institutional response. The Spanish public television not only does not rectify, but wastes. Recently RTVE has received a 63 million injection from the Ministry of Finance to sustain its ambitious external-production strategy, focused on programs that raise the audience through polarized talk shows, politicized entertainment and formats designed to please those in power. Its president, José Pablo López, puts it plainly: "As long as I can, I will keep asking for more funding." We are not facing a budget problem alone, but a matter of conception. Since the Government decreed a reform of RTVE’s law to increase from 10 to 15 the members of the Board of Directors, and thus guarantee a majority controlled by Parliament — i.e., by the governing coalition — and bypass the Senate — dominated by the opposition —, there has been no real chance of institutional oversight. It was so urgent for Pedro Sánchez to pass this reform that Parliament postponed its vote because of the Valencia flood disaster to push on with the decree. The BBC may be facing challenges, but it preserves a code of honor. In Spain, public television is in the hands of a leadership that no longer feels the need to pretend neutrality and slavishly obeys its master. Rather than guarding impartiality and pluralism, RTVE has become a communications apparatus at the service of power, shielded by an institutional architecture designed to neutralize criticism. It has become an official and obedient television because, as the government argues, it was necessary to counteract criticism from private media. The comparison hurts. Not out of nostalgia for a RTVE that once aspired to be like the BBC, but for the deliberate abandonment of those standards. The British allow themselves to lose valuable executives to safeguard principles. Here, principles are sacrificed to avoid losing seats. This difference should not leave us indifferent. Because this is about not only professional ethics, but democratic health. And if total impartiality is a chimera, the obligation to try remains a duty. That is why in London they resign. And in Madrid they stay silent.

What Goes from the BBC to RTVE
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Reposted by Mary Margaret McCabe

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Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion

The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC

This is the real agenda
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM

by Beatriz Gallardo Paúls

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Insaciable, jamás tendrá bastante
rtvenoticias.rtve.es RTVE Noticias @rtvenoticias.rtve.es · 9h
Trump amenaza a la BBC con una demanda de mil millones de dólares por el documental del asalto al Capitolio dozz.es/wtqqd4
Trump amenaza a la BBC con una demanda de mil millones de dólares por el documental del asalto al Capitolio
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November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM

Reposted by Beatriz Gallardo Paúls

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Trump amenaza a la BBC con una demanda de mil millones de dólares por el documental del asalto al Capitolio dozz.es/wtqqd4
Trump amenaza a la BBC con una demanda de mil millones de dólares por el documental del asalto al Capitolio
dozz.es
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM

by Stuart Dunn

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If Trump sues the BBC, could its lawyers ask him to provide evidence that the 2020 election was stolen?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Trump threatens $1bn legal action against BBC over 6 January speech edit - live updates
The BBC chair earlier apologised for the
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM

by Bob Hudson

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And we now learn that Trump is suing the BBC for slandering his good name and honourable intentions. It’s beyond crazy.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Corriere della Sera
Caso Bbc, quando le tv diventano il Bancomat del tycoon. Ma di chi è la colpa?

C'è davvero bisogno di aiutare il presidente Usa con dei comportamenti che confermano la sua narrazione di «media mainstream bugiardi» e «fake news»?

Caso Bbc, quando le tv diventano il Bancomat del tycoon. Ma di chi è la colpa?
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Reposted by Steve Peers, Ben H. Ansell, Judith Jesch

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My post on President Trump threatening to sue the BBC will up tomorrow morning.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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