Former BBC Chief Rejects the Idea of Any Compensation for Trump Over Misleading Jan. 6 Edit

Former BBC Director-General Lord Tony Hall on Sunday argued it would not be appropriate for the network to compensate President Trump for its atrociously edited footage of his January 6 speech, which made it appear as though he incited the violence that followed.

“I don’t think we should agree to any money being paid to Donald Trump. You’re talking about license fee payers’ money, you’re talking about public money. It would not be appropriate,” Hall said in an interview on Sunday. 

The former director provided yet another reason why taxpayers should not be funding media outlets.

President Trump initially threatened to sue the network on Nov. 10, and those threats have continued through the last week.

“Lawyers for the BBC have written to President Trump’s legal team in response to a letter received on Sunday,” a BBC spokesperson said. “BBC chair Samir Shah has separately sent a personal letter to the White House making clear to President Trump that he and the corporation are sorry for the edit of the president’s speech on 6 January 2021, which featured in the programme.”

The network officially apologized to the president on Thursday. They added that they have no plans to rerun the documentary. The company has also said that they “strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim,” by President Trump.

Aboard Air Force One on Friday, Trump said that he believes he has to sue the BBC: “I think I have to do it. They’ve even admitted that they cheated … They changed the words coming out of my mouth. The people of the UK are very angry about what happened.”

The BBC has yet to hear from the president’s legal team.

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Former BBC Director-General Lord Tony Hall on Sunday argued it would not be appropriate for the network to compensate President Trump for its atrociously edited footage of his January 6 speech, which made it appear as though he incited the violence that followed.

“I don’t think we should agree to any money being paid to Donald Trump. You’re talking about license fee payers’ money, you’re talking about public money. It would not be appropriate,” Hall said in an interview on Sunday. 

The former director provided yet another reason why taxpayers should not be funding media outlets.

President Trump initially threatened to sue the network on Nov. 10, and those threats have continued through the last week.

“Lawyers for the BBC have written to President Trump’s legal team in response to a letter received on Sunday,” a BBC spokesperson said. “BBC chair Samir Shah has separately sent a personal letter to the White House making clear to President Trump that he and the corporation are sorry for the edit of the president’s speech on 6 January 2021, which featured in the programme.”

The network officially apologized to the president on Thursday. They added that they have no plans to rerun the documentary. The company has also said that they “strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim,” by President Trump.

Aboard Air Force One on Friday, Trump said that he believes he has to sue the BBC: “I think I have to do it. They’ve even admitted that they cheated … They changed the words coming out of my mouth. The people of the UK are very angry about what happened.”

The BBC has yet to hear from the president’s legal team.

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