LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to say Wednesday whether he would urge President Trump to drop his threat to sue the BBC for a billion dollars over the broadcaster’s edit of a speech he made after losing the 2020 presidential election. During his weekly questioning in the House of Commons, Starmer was asked by…
As media implosions go, it doesn’t get much worse than the fiasco engulfing the British Broadcasting Corp. The head of the global behemoth resigned over the weekend, and President Trump is threatening to sue for $1 billion. PREMIUM BBC Chair Samir Shah’s apology comes a day after the resignation of Director-General Tim Davie and news…
Tim Davie has dramatically quit as the BBC director general. The British national broadcaster’s news chief Deborah Turness has also resigned amid a scandal involving edited footage of Donald Trump. The BBC announced that the duo would be vacating their roles on Sunday evening, in news that will send shockwaves through the UK media industry….
The BBC is planning to apologize after being accused of selectively editing Donald Trump‘s January 6 speech to make it appear as if the president was encouraging the 2021 Capitol riot. On Monday, chair Samir Shah will write to UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee to admit that a 2024 BBC Panorama film should…