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UK Culture Minister Backs BBC’s Apology to Donald Trump Over Misleading Documentary Edit
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says the BBC was right to apologise to Donald Trump after a Panorama documentary mistakenly edited parts of his January 6 speech, creating a misleading impression. The broadcaster admitted it did not meet its editorial standards.
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said on Friday that the BBC was right to apologise to U.S. President Donald Trump over a documentary his legal team had claimed was defamatory.
Speaking to Times Radio, Nandy said, “They rightly acknowledged that they did not meet the highest standards. I think apologising was the correct thing to do.”
The documentary, aired on the BBC’s Panorama programme just before the 2024 U.S. presidential election, had stitched together three separate segments of Trump’s speech from January 6, 2021—the day his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. The edited sequence created the impression that Trump had directly called for violence.
