Two journalists from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resigned on Sunday after being accused of distorting a speech by US President Donald Trump. Director-General Tim Davey and head of news Deborah Turnes resigned after being accused of editing Trump's speech in a 'misleading' way in a 'documentary' called 'Trump: A Second Chance?' produced by the BBC's 'Panorama' series.

Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion over the same documentary.

This documentary was broadcast a week before the 2024 US election . On January 6, 2021, Trump said in a speech in Washington, DC, ‘We will go to the Capitol. And we will encourage our brave senators and congressmen/women.’ But the documentary breaks the sequence of the video and adds a part towards the end at once.

Trump is shown saying, ‘We will go to the Capitol, I will be with you there, and we will fight, we will fight hard,’ in the documentary. Last week, the British newspaper Telegraph published the news, saying that the video was misled.

‘ ‘ BBC manipulated Trump’s speech ’ The documentary was revealed after the Telegraph published the news on November 3. According to international media outlet CNN, Trump sent a threatening legal letter to the BBC on Monday, saying the video was edited to be misleading. He has demanded at least $1 billion in damages. Trump has also shared the Telegraph's news on his social network 'Truth', calling the BBC journalists 'corrupt'. He wrote

, 'Thank you to the Telegraph for exposing these corrupt journalists. These are very dishonest people who tried to tip the scales in the presidential election. What a terrible thing for democracy, linguistic triviality and insult to journalists.' Even though the BBC's director general and head of news department have resigned, the journalism world is in shock due to Trump's actions. Davie, who has already resigned, has expressed doubts about Trump's move and has even urged them to fight for journalism. Verbal insults and insults

Even after two prominent people resigned from the BBC admitting that it had made a mistake, Trump has not backed down from his stance. The only reason for this is his hatred of the media. This is not the first time that Trump has made rhetoric against the media or hurt it.

Trump has made disparaging comments against the media and journalists in the past. Trump has also been criticized for belittling journalists who come to press conferences, not allowing them to ask questions, and questioning the credibility of journalists.

He frequently comments on the media or reporters using derogatory words such as ‘fake news’, ‘citizens’ enemy’, ‘corrupt’, ‘low level reporter’, ‘bad people’, and ‘dirty people’.

The Committee to Protect Journalists also mentioned in its 2020 report

that Trump regularly makes such disparaging comments to the media. Trump makes such disparaging comments to make himself look bad and to show the media's credibility negatively. Trump himself has admitted to making such comments to make the media look bad and untrustworthy. He said in a conversation with a journalist in 2018 that he made disparaging comments to defame and insult journalists and the media.

In a conversation with Leslie Stahl, he said, "You know why I do this? I do this to defame and insult all of you so that when you write negative news about me, no one will believe it."

Trump has previously caused trouble by accusing various media outlets. Trump filed a lawsuit against the American media outlet The New York Times, including two reporters, on September 15, demanding $15 billion (2.1 trillion 24 billion Nepalese rupees) in damages. Trump filed the lawsuit in a federal court in Florida, alleging that two New York Times reporters wrote "false, misleading and defamatory" material against him during the 2024 election in a book written by two New York Times reporters. Trump sued Penguin Press, the publisher of the book, which he said was based on a 2024 book titled Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. The book, he said, had damaged Trump's business and personal reputation and caused significant financial damage to his brand value. Trump accused Times reporters of "spreading false and defamatory material" against him in the book and reporting. Trump also sued Penguin Press, the book's publisher. Trump also accused the Times of being a "mouthpiece" for the Democratic Party during the election. The New York Times also wrote about his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It reported on the relationship and notes given to the disgraced financier and sex offender Epstein, who committed suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019. Trump's lawsuit against the Times was dismissed by US District Judge Steven Meredy on September 19. But challenging the justice, he filed a second lawsuit against the Times on October 16. This case is still pending.

Before filing the lawsuit against the New York Times, Trump also filed a lawsuit against another prestigious US media outlet, the Wall Street Journal. Trump filed a lawsuit against the Journal on July 18, demanding $10 billion (1.4 trillion 16 billion Nepalese rupees) for publishing "defamatory" material against him.

The Journal published news on July 17 about Trump's relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The news said that Trump had sent a birthday letter to sex offender Epstein on his birthday. However, Trump filed a lawsuit on July 18, claiming that he did not write the letter. However, Trump's lawsuit is said to be baseless. The case is currently pending in court.

On October 31, 2024, Trump filed a lawsuit against Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) for $10 billion. The lawsuit alleges that the company manipulated and edited an interview with Kamala Harris toward the end of Trump's last term in office.

The interview with Kamala Harris was broadcast on CBS's "60 Minutes." In the interview, Harris gave a lengthy answer to a question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but Trump objected when the clips showed only 21 seconds and 7 seconds of those answers.

Trump accused Harris of distorting the interview in order to target the election. But CBS and its parent company Paramount said Trump's allegations were baseless. However, Trump has not backed down. On July 1, 2025, Paramount agreed to pay Trump $16 million to settle the case. However, CBS has not admitted wrongdoing.

Trump filed a lawsuit against the American Broadcasting Companies (ABC) and its anchor George Stephanopoulos on March 18, 2024. Trump filed the lawsuit over Stephanopoulos' comments in an interview with Republican politician Nancy Mays.

Stephanopoulos repeatedly indirectly linked Trump to Jean Carroll, who was convicted of sexual assault with Nancy. Stephanopoulos said Carroll had been convicted of rape. But he was only convicted of sexual assault. Trump filed the lawsuit based on that issue.

The lawsuit did not last long. The lawsuit was settled after ABC agreed to donate $15 million to Trump's future presidential library and museum, pay Trump $1 million, and publish an editorial related to the interview. But CBS did not apologize. However, the agreement to donate to the library Trump is building remains in place.

On October 3, 2022, Trump filed a lawsuit against CNN. He filed a lawsuit accusing CNN of abusing its influence and trying to destroy his political future and image. CNN had made five stories about Trump's election claims as 'The Big Lie'. Trump had filed a lawsuit objecting to the term 'The Big Lie'.

Trump had objected to CNN's deliberate use of the term and trying to link him to Nazi propaganda. Trump had filed a lawsuit seeking $475 million. But after the court dismissed the case, Trump did not receive this money or any other compensation.