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It comes after the US president confirmed on Saturday he would be taking legal action against the broadcaster over the editing of his speech on Panorama - despite an apology from the BBC.

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[–] blave@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well, thank fucking God. I don’t often like cheering for the BBC, but the fact that they’re actually openly gonna stand up and fight against Trump’s absurd unfairness really gives me some level of hope.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Good. Morally they have to, he's picked a public funded organisation to pick on. It's not like he'll be taking profits or revenue off shareholders. Any penny they'd give him would be from the public.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

I'm gonna be the cynic here and predict they'll still accept a settlement at some point and they're mostly sending 'fight' signals now for strategic reasons.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 7 points 2 months ago

Fight a convicted con artist to follow the law…

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm actually quite happy to see the BBC in hot water over this, there was some very underhanded editing done in that segment to make it look like Trump said something he didn't, and that should absolutely be called out.

No idea if it meets the threshold for defamation though.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it did it's passed the statute of limitations in the UK and it was never broadcast in the states so it doesn't count there.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if letting the statute of limitations lapse before making a stink was deliberate?

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Wouldn't surprise me one bit.