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BBC director resigns amid criticism over editing of a Trump speech

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BBC files motion asking US court to throw out Trump’s $10bn lawsuit

US president sued BBC over 'Trump: A Second Chance?', seeking $5bn for defamation, $5bn for unfair trade practices.
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Woah this is at play when Chairman Carr is attempting to control the press pool with license threats directed at TV networks. In this case BBC News is in a crazy position given that one would think BBC News is exempt from anything Chairman Carr and Trump are ranting about given that BBC's main office is outside the US.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
www.aljazeera.com

BBC files motion asking US court to throw out Trump’s $10bn lawsuit

US president sued BBC over 'Trump: A Second Chance?', seeking $5bn for defamation, $5bn for unfair trade practices.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com



Woah this is at play when Chairman Carr is attempting to control the press pool with license threats directed at TV networks. In this case BBC News is in a crazy position given that one would think BBC News is exempt from anything Chairman Carr and Trump are ranting about given that BBC's main office is outside the US.
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It is clear that the BBC's being outside of the U.S. didn't stop Donald Trump from suing it. Depending on who the judge is that is hearing the case, it might get tossed out of court anyway.

Look! Donald Trump's modus operandi is to bully people with threats (and sometimes with actual harm) until he gets what he wants. If the court tosses the suit, he might try appealing the ruling.
 
ted chittenden said:
Depending on who the judge is that is hearing the case, it might get tossed out of court anyway.
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The judge is Roy K. Altman, who was appointed by the president in 2019. The suit was filed in Miami, where another judge is Aileen Cannon, who was successful in quashing his documents case in 2024. But he is suing a British broadcaster in the US for a documentary that never aired in this country. Seems that would be a jurisdiction problem.
 

Note this is an extension of when Chairman Carr ranted about TV News coverage of the war in Iran by threatening to go after US Domestic TV stations with license threats. But Trump is going after BBC News directly over their news coverage about the Pentagon's role in Iran. We keep running into the same answer the US has no jurisdiction against BBC News. This is all a ploy to get Chairman Carr to go after local PBS affiliates that do air BBC News.

Trump's fiery comments targeting the BBC emerged as the network filed a motion to dismiss his $10 billion defamation lawsuit related to an edit of a Panorama documentary on Monday.

Mr. Trump has now lambasted the BBC's coverage of the US conflict with Iran as "so inaccurate" and "unbelievable." He stated: "We have decimated that country and if you watch BBC it's almost like they're fighting us to a draw.
"It was very inaccurate news, it was fake news. I'm very proud of the term 'fake news' because it was my term, I came up with it - but it's no longer accurate.

"It really is corrupt, fraudulent news. It really is - it's fraudulent. It's not just fake, it's beyond fake. It's really criminal what they do."
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A part of Trump's speech that I haven't seen in from these articles is where he said, "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."

To be "fair and balanced," that part should be included.
 
wadio said:
To be "fair and balanced," that part should be included.
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But the reality is that's not at all what they ended up doing. It's the image they want everyone to have. But the fact is they trashed the capitol, broke down doors, shattered windows, crapped in the halls, and even stole items from offices.

Had they simply stood on the front lawn and protested, nobody would have been arrested, and the woman who was killed would still be alive. But they weren't happy with simply making their voices heard. They were there to hang Mike Pence and shoot Nancy Pelosi. The minute they entered the building, they had committed a crime, and there's no way that should be forgotten. We watched it all on TV.
 
TheBigA said:
But the reality is that's not at all what they ended up doing. It's the image they want everyone to have. But the fact is they trashed the capitol, broke down doors, shattered windows, crapped in the halls, and even stole items from offices.

Had they simply stood on the front lawn and protested, nobody would have been arrested, and the woman who was killed would still be alive. But they weren't happy with simply making their voices heard. They were there to hang Mike Pence and shoot Nancy Pelosi. The minute they entered the building, they had committed a crime, and there's no way that should be forgotten. We watched it all on TV.
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Trump may well have been pleased that the protest turned out as it did, but as wadio says, the words that he spoke to that crowd before they marched on the Capitol did indeed include "peacefully." Did he mean that? Did someone tell him to say that to cover his ass? Were the protesters actually taking orders from unseen dark forces within the MAGA movement and not directly from Trump? A lot of pundits (and ordinary folks on the left) assume much of that, but the unvarnished fact regarding Trump's speech that day is that he did not tell them to act violently.
 
CTListener said:
Did someone tell him to say that to cover his ass?
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He was reading off a teleprompter. The lawyers put that in so in case something happened, he would not be blamed.

CTListener said:
the unvarnished fact regarding Trump's speech that day is that he did not tell them to act violently.
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He mixed his messages, just as he is now with Iran. The fact of the matter was when things did get violent, he did nothing. That's what's important. Not what he said. And he was the only one who had the power to call in the National Guard. He was eating lunch watching it all happen on TV. He never called in the Guard. Mike Pence did it later in the afternoon. He claims Pelosi was supposed to call the Guard, but that's not true. Anyone who watched it on TV knows who was responsible.
 
TheBigA said:
He was reading off a teleprompter. The lawyers put that in so in case something happened, he would not be blamed.
He mixed his messages, just as he is now with Iran. The fact of the matter was when things did get violent, he did nothing. That's what's important. Not what he said. And he was the only one who had the power to call in the National Guard. He was eating lunch watching it all happen on TV. He never called in the Guard. Mike Pence did it later in the afternoon. He claims Pelosi was supposed to call the Guard, but that's not true. Anyone who watched it on TV knows who was responsible.
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There are differences of opinion about that.

komonews.com

Pelosi blames Trump for National Guard delay, but Sund insists she was the one at fault

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund is calling out former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) retelling of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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But my point is that news organizations should not edit out things that don't fit their narrative. Teleprompter or not, he said it.
 
wadio said:
But my point is that news organizations should not edit out things that don't fit their narrative. Teleprompter or not, he said it.
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What he said doesn't matter. It's what he did, which was nothing. He was still president. He was responsible.

We watched it all on TV. We all know what he said. We can repeat it by heart. That doesn't change what happened.

Whether or not it was edited, and why it wasn't there, is a subject for the court. This was a British documentary that wasn't aired in the US, and therefore had no influence on the election.
 
www.france24.com

Ex-Google exec takes reins at under-fire BBC

A former Google executive took over as the BBC's new director-general on Monday amid proposed job cuts and a $10-billion lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump, arguing that the world now "needs…
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Here is more this time BBC changes leadership. Here we go the next leader at the BBC has some comparisons with Bari Weiss at CBS News.

Matt Brittin, 57, who has no broadcasting or journalism experience, starts the job against a background of drastic shifts in the media landscape.

The British-born executive was for over a decade president of Google's Europe, Middle East and Africa division, which earns around a third of its revenue. He previously worked as a consultant for McKinsey.

Brittin replaces Tim Davie, who had held the BBC post since 2020. He resigned in November over the Trump lawsuit.

Trump launched his legal action over a documentary that included an edited clip of a speech he made ahead of the US Capitol riot in January 2021. The edit made it appear he explicitly urged supporters to attack the seat of Congress.
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Y2kTheNewOldies said:
Here is more this time BBC changes leadership. Here we go the next leader at the BBC has some comparisons with Bari Weiss at CBS News.
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Keeping a very sharp eye on what Matt Brittin does with BBC World Service radio. As a former Google exec I would think he has little to no tolerance for outdated tech, which could spell the end of what is left of the BBCWS shortwave output. Of course any final decisions might depend on what goes into the BBC Charter renewal in 2027.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
www.france24.com

Ex-Google exec takes reins at under-fire BBC

A former Google executive took over as the BBC's new director-general on Monday amid proposed job cuts and a $10-billion lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump, arguing that the world now "needs…
www.france24.com www.france24.com

Here is more this time BBC changes leadership. Here we go the next leader at the BBC has some comparisons with Bari Weiss at CBS News.
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Somebody needs to stand up to Mr. Trump and tell him to go pound sand and continue to do that no matter how many lawsuits Mr. Trump pushes and how many judges side with Mr. Trump. (Thankfully, at least at the lower court level, that number is not many.) Unless Mr. Britton is made of sterner stuff, he really doesn't sound like that needed somebody.
 
wadio said:
There are differences of opinion about that.

komonews.com

Pelosi blames Trump for National Guard delay, but Sund insists she was the one at fault

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund is calling out former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) retelling of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
komonews.com komonews.com

But my point is that news organizations should not edit out things that don't fit their narrative. Teleprompter or not, he said it.
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mb.com.ph

Aplasca: CCTV videos spliced to support 'no attack' narrative

Suspended Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca said on Wednesday, May 20, that the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage released on the night of the Senate...
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Same excuse is being played out in the Philippines when their Senate had their own version of January 6th. Yes in that one Courts, and DOJ have to investigate the senators and their security that sparked the event.

The News outlets in the Philippines have to also be careful on how incidents like insurrection can spark stuff we are seeing with Trump suing the BBC.
 


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