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Because it had no material impact on him at all, his case is a load of spurious nonsense.

It was never broadcast in the US, his claim that it was a deliberate attempt by the BBC to damage his chances of being elected, is laughably ridiculous.

The edit was clumsy and was clearly an error, but a clear three second break between the two clips and there's no issue at all. It was also completely unnecessary, they could have shown the whole speech, with almost exactly the same outcome.

I suspect it will be thrown out, but if it does make court, it's going to make for great TV.
I really don’t like the man but it wasn’t clumsy or an error. It was deliberate. We are seeing this kind of thing all over social media. I don’t expect the BBC to be doing cut and paste journalism.
 
Because it had no material impact on him at all, his case is a load of spurious nonsense.

It was never broadcast in the US, his claim that it was a deliberate attempt by the BBC to damage his chances of being elected, is laughably ridiculous.

The edit was clumsy and was clearly an error, but a clear three second break between the two clips and there's no issue at all. It was also completely unnecessary, they could have shown the whole speech, with almost exactly the same outcome.

I suspect it will be thrown out, but if it does make court, it's going to make for great TV.
It wasn’t clumsy, idiotic a mistake , or foolish as others have said . It was deliberate action based on political preference by people in an institution that is meant to be ‘neutral’ . If anyone makes any excuse for this then why should any piece of reporting be believed ? . Even if Trump can’t actually do anything legally , someone in this country should be able hold the BBC accountable for attempting to deceive the people who pay for it .
 
I really don’t like the man but it wasn’t clumsy or an error. It was deliberate. We are seeing this kind of thing all over social media. I don’t expect the BBC to be doing cut and paste journalism.

fully agreed

i think trump is an awful man, but i expect fully transparent journalism
be it him or someone i like

and anything that goes against that is disgraceful and gives a big element of distrust
 
I really don’t like the man but it wasn’t clumsy or an error. It was deliberate. We are seeing this kind of thing all over social media. I don’t expect the BBC to be doing cut and paste journalism.
It wasn’t clumsy, idiotic a mistake , or foolish as others have said . It was deliberate action based on political preference by people in an institution that is meant to be ‘neutral’ . If anyone makes any excuse for this then why should any piece of reporting be believed ? . Even if Trump can’t actually do anything legally , someone in this country should be able hold the BBC accountable for attempting to deceive the people who pay for it .

That's the jist of it, the BBC should be and often claims to be better than this sort of thing.

Some people's hate of Trump is clouding their vision of the bigger picture.
 
Because it had no material impact on him at all, his case is a load of spurious nonsense.

It was never broadcast in the US, his claim that it was a deliberate attempt by the BBC to damage his chances of being elected, is laughably ridiculous.

The edit was clumsy and was clearly an error, but a clear three second break between the two clips and there's no issue at all. It was also completely unnecessary, they could have shown the whole speech, with almost exactly the same outcome.

I suspect it will be thrown out, but if it does make court, it's going to make for great TV.
But in an unprecedented move two of the most senior figures at the bbc had to resign!!
And it’s nothing??
And the people who actually did it. Who are they? Do we know?
Are they carrying on with their own agenda on other various news items they show?
We don’t know as the bbc don’t have to tell us even tho they bang on about us owning the bbc
 
But in an unprecedented move two of the most senior figures at the bbc had to resign!!
And it’s nothing??
And the people who actually did it. Who are they? Do we know?
Are they carrying on with their own agenda on other various news items they show?
We don’t know as the bbc don’t have to tell us even tho they bang on about us owning the bbc
This is how I feel. In this day and age we have to have a news outlet that we feel we can trust and this revelation really pissed me off.
 
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People ask is the Beeb institutionally biased etc . It doesn’t have to be , it just has to have dominant education and origin of its staff such as from a major university - as it does . So it’s not an organised collective , it just employs like minded people and there lies the rub . Now if you take it further then there are various other large institutions and authorities that are employing those furthering their own agendas for their ‘community’ and not for ‘all’
 
But in an unprecedented move two of the most senior figures at the bbc had to resign!!
And it’s nothing??
And the people who actually did it. Who are they? Do we know?
Are they carrying on with their own agenda on other various news items they show?
We don’t know as the bbc don’t have to tell us even tho they bang on about us owning the bbc
For me, there’s two completely different issues here.

Firstly, there’s the BBC letting themselves down and using a misleading edit when it was completely unnecessary.

Secondly, there’s the Trump lawsuit and whether it has any merit.

The BBC clearly made a mistake, they’ve damaged their own reputation, apologised for it and senior staff have fallen on their swords.

With regard to Trump, he’s suffered no reputational damage, it had zero impact on the election (nobody even noticed the edit until it was pointed out to them months after broadcast), there is no genuine case.
 
For me, there’s two completely different issues here.

Firstly, there’s the BBC letting themselves down and using a misleading edit when it was completely unnecessary.

Secondly, there’s the Trump lawsuit and whether it has any merit.

The BBC clearly made a mistake, they’ve damaged their own reputation, apologised for it and senior staff have fallen on their swords.

With regard to Trump, he’s suffered no reputational damage, it had zero impact on the election (nobody even noticed the edit until it was pointed out to them months after broadcast), there is no genuine case.
Is a deliberate act a mistake, not like it was unintentional.
 
"And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.

Our exciting adventures and boldest endeavors have not yet begun. My fellow Americans, for our movement, for our children, and for our beloved country.

And I say this despite all that's happened. The best is yet to come.

So we're going to, we're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. I love Pennsylvania Avenue. And we're going to the Capitol, and we're going to try and give.

The Democrats are hopeless — they never vote for anything. Not even one vote. But we're going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don't need any of our help. We're going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country."

Trump's rousing conclusion to his speech. If you don't fight you lose your country. Not quite Chruchill.
 
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For me, there’s two completely different issues here.

Firstly, there’s the BBC letting themselves down and using a misleading edit when it was completely unnecessary.

Secondly, there’s the Trump lawsuit and whether it has any merit.

The BBC clearly made a mistake, they’ve damaged their own reputation, apologised for it and senior staff have fallen on their swords.

With regard to Trump, he’s suffered no reputational damage, it had zero impact on the election (nobody even noticed the edit until it was pointed out to them months after broadcast), there is no genuine case.
According to one of those convicted, the doctored version was played in Court in America as part of the January 6 trials, as was another similar one from another BBC programme.