United States President Donald Trump said he would take over the mission Legal action against BBC Although the network issued official apologies, which led to the resignation of a number of senior managers.
During the exclusive television interview GB News Which was broadcast on Friday, the president described it as “corrupt” He stated that he felt “Obligation” to file a lawsuit On charges of defamation, in a special television interview GB News Which was broadcast on Friday.
During the conversation from the White House, British journalist Bev Turner recalled that Trump was the one who popularized the term “fake news” more than ten years ago, and asked him how far he would be willing to go in the lawsuit against the BBC.
Trump responded: “The term ‘fake news’ was great, but it’s not strong enough. I wish it was stronger. The word ‘fake news’ is one thing, but this goes beyond that. What they did is corrupt,” referring to what he sees as misconduct by the British public broadcaster.
“Look, I’m not looking to file lawsuits, but I think so,” the president added I have the commitment. This was very blatant, and if you didn’t do it you couldn’t prevent it from happening again with other people. I think I probably obligated. “I’d like to know why they did that.”
He added: “The positive part of litigation is that we will find out. How many times have they done this? Maybe they have done this to me enough.”
After the interview was recorded, but before it was broadcast, Trump increased his pressure by making statements to the press on Air Force One: “We will ask them for a sum. Between 1 billion and 5 billion dollars (Between 860 and 4,300 million euros).”
“Nice message”
The British newspaper said last weekend The Daily Telegraph Manipulation detection a Trump’s speech From January 6, 2021 broadcast in the documentary panorama In October 2024, the former president was shown inciting an insurrection against the Capitol.
The revelation sparked major controversy in the UK and prompted a crackdown BBC chief executive resignsTim Davie, and Head of newsDeborah Torness.
after, The Daily Telegraph He showed another case of editorial manipulation on Newsnight, a different BBC programme, broadcast in June 2022, which Trump’s legal team described as a “pattern of defamation”.
Trump had created Three conditions So as not to demand BBC: “A clear and complete retraction” of the documentary, a formal apology and “appropriate compensation” were due by last Friday.
On Thursday night, BBC Send a Apology letter He sent a letter to Trump in which he “regrets” the publication of the documentary and confirmed that he will not broadcast it again, although he stated that they “completely disagree that there is a basis for a defamation complaint.”
In the interview with GB NewsTrump referred to that letter: “They wrote me a letter of apology, a nice letter. They apologize, but if you say it wasn’t intentional, you’re not asking for forgiveness, right? Look, I gave a nice speech and they turned it into something not so nice.”
BBC response
British series, so disinfected As if the matter was not with them, he posted a response to Donald Trump’s words.
Head of the BBCSamir Shah described Trump as a “controversial man” due to the large number of lawsuits filed by the president against various American media companies.
The series confirms that it is “A A decisive moment In history BBC. “Its success or failure depends on being seen as neutral: a source of trust in a world where trust in institutions is declining.”
“Instead, the company is being accused of the opposite, facing a costly and very public battle with the most powerful man in the world,” he adds.
However, he remains steadfast on the idea that he has sufficient arguments “to prove that, regardless of the error committed, the program panorama It did not cause any harm to Trump“.
He bases his statement on the fact that the documentary was not broadcast on any American channel and, moreover, that he was elected president shortly after. And that’s why BBC “I had no intention of offering him any financial compensation since he first threatened the president.”
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