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Posted on 11/16/2025 6:04:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
As corporation awaits possible action by president’s lawyers, US news organisations offer different lessons about whether to fight or fold
At best, the video editing is sloppy. At worst the cuts are a deliberate attempt to harm Donald Trump’s chances of winning the 2024 election.
A legal complaint in a US court followed, in tandem with a demand for a massive payout to make matters right.
This scenario will be painfully familiar to the BBC but it actually played out months ago at CBS, its sister network in the US. The broadcaster eventually agreed to pay $16m (£12.1m) to make its Trump problem go away.
As the BBC waits for the US president’s lawyers to decide whether to launch a threatened billion-dollar lawsuit against the corporation, the experience of American news organisations offers different lessons about whether to fight or fold.
American legal experts say Mr Trump has no chance of winning a case against the BBC but the corporation still has a huge political problem, as media organisations try to navigate a changed media landscape.
Mr Trump was more likely to win $1bn with a lottery ticket, said Gregory Germain, professor at the Syracuse University College of Law.
He said the case would fail the test of whether or not the report was factually false.
“No, the facts were not false,” he said. “Editing video to change the order of quotes to make a point is what video editors do every day.”
But that is not the only issue. Nor does it mean that the BBC should not change, said Chris Ruddy, chief executive of Newsmax Media and a Trump confidant.
“The best defence is a good offence, get out in front of the story, admit the mistakes. Don’t do what US media does by doubling down on their bias,” he said. “Create...”
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Um....FA FO
True... but the BBC will have to pay lawyers and spend a year with their reputation being dragged through the mud.
So they might win, if you can call that winning.
And I wonder if the BBC ever wants a seat at the White House press room.
The lying vermin Telegraph should place some money on the outcome if they’re so sure.
But they won’t.
Umm...yeah. Every once in a while, they open their mouths without the filter being on and say the truth.
They might beat the rap, but they won’t beat the ride.
To use a liberal term, “the process is the punishment”.
CC
Did he say he was suing them in US court? From what I understand, libel laws in the UK are stricter than the US.
Up yours Crilly
Now do how likely it is that he’ll be getting a shite-tonne of money as a settlement.
Slander is much easier case to make in UK law,
You Brits were cocky and arrogant, claiming we Colonists were nothing but a bunch of rabble and illiterate lowlives. Thought you were going to roll over us easily. How’d that work out for you a-holes? I see nothing has changed with your arrogance and cockiness. We kicked your asses twice, and saved your asses twice, yet you’ve never learned your lesson in all that time.
Yep!
It’s sweet to turn their own terms against them. Maybe we will get lucky and they’ll pop a critical vessel.
Still left out of most “corrections””
“I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!” January 6, 2021.
Trump signing the lawsuit document with his staff, in large letters.
“There. That should be big enough for the British BBC boss to read it without his spectacles.”
(I know, some contend John Adams didn’t say that about his Declaration of Independence signature although it is larger than the others’).
Just with an executive order,
In September 2024, the U.S. imposed new sanctions on RT and its parent companies, accusing the network of being a “de facto arm of Russia’s intelligence apparatus” and a tool for covert influence operations.
Personnel and asset tracking: These sanctions require RT personnel working in the U.S. to be identified and their property tracked by the State Department.
Limitations on social media: The U.S. government has also urged other countries to ban RT, and platforms like Meta have already banned RT and other Russian state media from their platforms.
Maybe Trump could ban the BBC and sanction them in a similar manner.
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