The BBC has been plunged into a fresh row over the selective editing of Donald Trump’s Capitol speech, after allegations of a misleading Newsnight broadcast resurfaced. A version of Trump’s January 6th address, made hours before the Capitol riots in 2021 and shown on an episode of Newsnight in June 2022, has drawn comparisons to the Panorama edit the president has threatened a $1bn lawsuit over. Similar to the Panorama cut, the Newsnight edit linked a line from the president telling supporters to head to Capitol - including the context of ‘cheering on senators’ that Panorama left out - with a quote which came much later in the original speech, telling them to “fight like hell”. The edit drew immediate criticism from from White House former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who was appearing on the programme.

US president has said he will bring proceedings if the documentary containing an edited speech from 6 January 2021 is not retracted

The broadcaster, one of the UK's most trusted news networks, is under fire for alleged bias in its coverage.

In the BBC edit, different parts of Trump's 2021 Capitol speech are edited to appear as a single quote.

The US president has threatened the BBC with a lawsuit over the editing of a Trump speech in an edition of Panorama

The clip aired on Newsnight in 2022, two years before the Panorama that led to the director-general's resignation.

Newsnight is the second flagship BBC news programme accused of editing the speech to make it appear Trump made a more explicit call for violence from his supporters

Corporation rejects demands for compensation after US president’s lawyers threatened to sue for $1bn

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The British broadcaster's chair sent a letter to the White House to make it clear that 'he and the corporation are sorry for the edit of the president's speech,' in reference to a…

The BBC has been plunged into a fresh row over the selective editing of Donald Trump’s Capitol speech, after allegations of a misleading Newsnight broadcast resurfaced. A version…

Just days after Donald Trump threatened it with a $1 billion defamation lawsuit over misleading editing of a speech Britain's BBC issued a retraction.

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The US president told reporters on Air Force One that he will take legal action against the broadcaster and will call Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend.

US president signals legal war even as UK network apologises for 'error of judgement' in editing his January 6 speech.

Donald Trump said that the UK is "embarrassed" by the BBC as he confirmed he would still sue the broadcaster for up to $5bn despite the BBC apologising for its Panorama edit of…