New in PJ Media:
There are likely millions of people all over the world who still believe that on Jan. 6, 2021, President Donald Trump tried to overthrow the government of the United States so as to ensure that he could remain in office past the expiration of his term, and that he did so by calling upon an unruly mob of white supremacists to storm the Capitol and stop the official counting of the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Many, if not most, of them continue to have this idea because the people they trust in the establishment media and on the political left have insistently told them that was what happened ever since that fateful day. One of the most trusted voices that misled people on that day and thereafter was the BBC. And now Trump is preparing to fight back.
Fox News reported Monday that Trump “teased his intention to move forward with a major lawsuit against the BBC, dubbing its depiction of him ‘fake news.’” That it certainly was. Trump added: “In a little while, you’ll be seeing I’m suing the BBC for literally putting words in my mouth. Literally. They put words in my mouth. Even the media can’t believe that one. They actually put terrible words in my mouth having to do with January 6th that I didn’t say. So we’ll be filing that soon — probably this afternoon or tomorrow morning.”
All those who are thoroughly sick of the establishment media’s decades-long hegemony over the sources of information, and the persistence of that hegemony even in weakened form today, should celebrate once this lawsuit is actually filed. Fox noted emotionlessly that “the BBC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment,” and it’s no wonder: what on earth could they say? They have been caught red-handed manipulating the data in order to present a false view to the world, in order to defame and destroy a political figure they hated and aid and enable his enemies. There is no good face they can put on this.
Fox noted that “the controversy began with a bombshell report from The Telegraph that featured excerpts from a whistleblower dossier compiled by Michael Prescott, a communications advisor hired by the BBC to review its editorial standards.” There was a great deal of whistleblowing to be done. It turned out that “a BBC Panorama documentary released last year had a misleading edit of comments Trump made during a rally speech given on Jan. 6, 2021, as he protested the results of the 2020 presidential election.”
It will be exceedingly difficult for the BBC, if it gets to the point of having to defend itself in court against Trump’s lawsuit, to claim that the edit was made solely for the sake of brevity, or for any other reason than to give people the impression that Trump was trying to get the crowd to disrupt the certification of the election.
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Eddie says
Good.
As an Englishman I am very pleased to say the BBC had it coming and eventually, given enough rope they have hung themselves.
The BBC put an emphasis on hireing third world staff and Presenters to whom lying and deceit is just what they naturally do in their homelands.
The idea that the BBC is an internationally respected font of all truth is now dispelled and is shown for the stinking corrupt body it has become.
How internationally it can be held to account for slander and defamation I do not understand.
Perhaps the BBC can be found guilty by US law but how can the penalty fine be enforced?
A symbolic victory for truth perhaps ?
Wouldn’t bother me if it was closed down entirely. I gave up paying the State enforced licence fee three years ago and have never missed it an iota.
I can make up stories by myself.
Taffy says
Liability is a given in this situation. A comparison of the unedited video/audio to the edited version guarantees summary judgment on the issue of liability to Trump. Damages are another matter. The fact that this libel was intentional screams for major punitive damages. It will eventually be up to a jury to determine how much, unless the BBC and Trump agreed to settle the case for a fixed amount. I personally would like to see the BBC bankrupted and put out of business permanently.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Didn’t he file a lawsuit already? Whad did I miss?
Namer says
They think they are going to get away with it by make a simple fake apology. Aint going to happen. BBC use to be a great news organization but now its as worthless as CNN.