Trump still plans to sue the BBC even after its apology
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US President Donald Trump will sue the BBC even though the corporation apologized for editing his speech, according to the BBC and the White House broadcast.
While speaking with the press, journalists again raised the issue of the scandal involving the BBC (referring to the edited speech by Trump that created the impression he was calling for the storming of the US Congress in 2021).
In particular, Trump praised a reporter from The Telegraph for exposing the situation with the BBC documentary, adding that the newspaper’s journalists had done a great service.
"You did a great service to a lot of countries, a lot of great human beings... exposing what fake news is. What the BBC did — nobody would even think a thing like that last night. They actually changed the words coming out of my mouth," the US president said.
Journalists speaking with Trump then noted that the BBC had apologized in recent days for the mistake, but refused to pay him compensation. For this reason, the president was asked whether the apology was enough, to which Trump still stated his intent to sue.
"We'll sue them for anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week... I think I’ll have to do it (take legal action - ed.). I mean, it's they've even admitted that they cheated," the US leader said.
What preceded it
As a reminder, on November 9, BBC Director-General Tim Davie and Director of News Deborah Turness resigned over the scandal involving the falsification of US President Donald Trump’s speech.
According to an internal BBC memo reviewed by The Telegraph, the Panorama documentary included an edited Trump speech that misled viewers. The company merged two parts of the president’s remarks, creating the impression that he was calling for the 2021 storming of the US Congress.
Thus, on November 9, Tim Davie resigned, acknowledging that the broadcaster had made mistakes.
On November 10, Trump threatened the British broadcaster BBC with a 1 billion dollar lawsuit. He accused the media of attempting to interfere in last year’s election.
Already on Thursday, November 13, the BBC also acknowledged that the editing of the speech had unintentionally created a "false impression," adding that it would no longer be broadcast. The corporation apologized to the president but stated it would not provide financial compensation.
