{"id":318293,"date":"2025-11-11T07:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=318293"},"modified":"2025-11-13T06:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:38:38","slug":"trump-threatens-bbc-with-legal-action-as-chair-samir-shah-fails-to-apologise-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=318293","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens BBC With Legal Action as Chair Samir Shah Fails to Apologise to Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Jones \u2013 The Daily Sceptic Nov 10, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

President Trump has threatened the BBC with legal action \u2013 as its Chair Samir Shah insists the corporation is not institutionally biased and fails to apologise to him. The Mail <\/em>has more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump has fired off a legal letter after it emerged Panorama <\/em>had selectively edited his speech before the 2021 Capitol riot to remove a section where he told supporters to demonstrate peacefully.<\/p>\n

A BBC spokesman said: \u201cWe will review the letter and respond directly in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n

The revelation comes shortly after Mr Shah used his first remarks since the resignations of Director General\u00a0Tim Davie\u00a0and Head of News Deborah Turness to mount a defence of the corporation.<\/p>\n

Mr Shah\u00a0accused Michael Prescott, who wrote a critical memo that ultimately prompted the resignations, of offering a \u201cpersonal account\u201d which gives only a \u201cpartial\u201d view of events.<\/p>\n

In a 1,600-word letter to the\u00a0Culture, Media and Sport Committee (CMS), Mr Shah admitted there were \u201coccasions when the BBC gets things wrong\u201d but claimed the leaked report did not present the full picture.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Prescott\u2019s memo gives only a partial description of the evidence that editorial guidelines and standards committee received and considered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He insisted there were no issues the BBC had sought to \u201cbury\u201d, adding:\u00a0\u201cThat interpretation is simply not true. The issues raised by Mr Prescott are precisely the issues that have been considered by the Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee [EGSC] and the board.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Shah said Mr\u00a0Prescott had relied on evidence compiled by the editorial guidelines and standards committee (EGSC), to produce the dossier.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is another view that has gained currency in the coverage that the BBC has done nothing to tackle these problems. That is also simply not true,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the three years Mr Prescott was an adviser to the EGSC, the BBC has: published corrections where we have got things wrong; changed editorial guidance to make the BBC\u2019s position on issues clearer; made changes to leadership where the problems point to underlying issues; and carried out formal disciplinary measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a furious social media post last night, Mr Trump condemned the BBC as \u201ccorrupt\u201d and described its staff as \u201cvery dishonest\u201d.<\/p>\n

Today, Mr Shah\u00a0said the corporation has received communication from Mr Trump, adding: \u201cWe are now considering how to reply to him.\u201d But he failed to apologise personally to the President.<\/p>\n

Worth reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s demand is for the documentary and \u201call other\u201d defamatory content to be retracted or face a lawsuit for \u201cno less than $1 billion\u201d in compensation. From the Telegraph<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

The letter, sent by the US President and reported by the New York Times<\/em>, called for an immediate apology and compensation.<\/p>\n

It demanded \u201ca full and fair retraction of the documentary, and any and all other false, defamatory, disparaging, misleading and inflammatory statements about President Trump in as conspicuous a manner as they were originally published\u201d.<\/p>\n

The letter continued: \u201cIf the BBC does not comply with the above by November 14th 2025 at 5.00pm EST, President Trump will be left with no alternative but to enforce his legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved and are not waived, including by filing legal action for no less than $1,000,000,000 in damages. The BBC is on notice.<\/p>\n

Donate<\/a><\/p>\n

Also see another example of the BBC’s ‘news’ manipulation:<\/p>\n

BBC News Caught Red-Handed<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n