Political storm in Britain for his “teased” video Donald Trump at BBC. The two resignations of general manager Tim Davey and news director Deborah Ternes aren’t enough for the … enraged US president, and he’s threatening to sue the public broadcaster for $1 billion.
And it can BBC chairman Samir Shah to apologise for an “error of judgement” in the editing of a speech by US President Donald Trump in a Panorama documentary – which completely changed what the US president said – after the resignations of the director general of the BBC and the head of information of the British broadcasting group but Trump is not happy.
According to the BBC, the US president has sent a letter to the organization, threatening legal action for misrepresenting his speech. According to the Dailymail, Trump is threatening to sue for $1 billion. The BBC confirmed it had received the letter and said it would “respond in due course”.
Trump had already attacked the BBC through the platform Truth Social, accusing it of “faking” his speech on January 6, 2021 and calling the organization’s journalists “corrupt”.
The US president has a long history of suing or threatening to sue the media.
In July, for example, the CBS News and its parent company, Paramount, reached a settlement $16 million (£13.5 million), after Trump sued, alleging misleading editing of an interview with then-Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris before the 2024 election.
That same month, Trump filed a lawsuit 10 billion dollars against her Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, for allegations that he had written a birthday note to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The White House has repeatedly denied that the letter was authentic, and the case is still ongoing.
Other media outlets that have faced lawsuits from Trump include New York Times, CNN and the Des Moines Register.