Trump also threatened to sue the company for $1 billion in damages on social media, a threat he repeated in an interview with Fox News.
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The speech was edited in the BBC's Panorama documentary 'Trump: A Second Time?'. Trump alleges that the opening and closing words were edited to make it sound like he was inciting people to attack the US House of Representatives.
US President Donald Trump has said it is his duty to sue the BBC. Speaking on Fox News' 'The Ingraham Angel', he said that his speech on January 6, 2021, was murdered and presented in a way that deceived the audience. The speech was edited in the BBC's Panorama series 'Trump: A Second Time?'. He alleges that by adding some words at the beginning and the end, it sounded like he was inciting people to attack the US House. The documentary was released just a week before the 2024 US elections. The issue has been drawn into controversy again after a news report about the BBC's internal circular was published in the British media outlet The Telegraph. Since then, Trump's lawyer wrote a letter to the BBC on Sunday. In which it was mentioned that President Trump should apologize and pay compensation for the damage caused to him. The BBC has been given a deadline of Friday to respond to this issue.
Trump also threatened to file a lawsuit with $ 1 billion in damages on social media. In an interview with Fox News, he repeated his same warning stance.
When asked, "Will you sue now?", he answered: "Of course I should. Why would I? Because they have deceived the people and they have admitted to it."
Trump added, "They basically distorted my speech on January 6. It was a beautiful speech. But they made it sound extremist."
Trump had previously had disputes with CBS and ABC News over the same news topic. The dispute was resolved after the news organization agreed to pay some money as compensation.
The BBC has also apologized for the incident. BBC Director-General Davey and Head of News Turnes have resigned, admitting the error. 'Mistakes were made. But the current accusations that the BBC is institutionally biased are wrong,' said Head of News Turnes, who resigned taking moral responsibility.
Outgoing Director-General Davey has urged all BBC employees to fight for journalism. He has admitted that there were technical errors and said that the BBC does not have a policy of deliberately targeting anyone.
