"The fallout from the scandal led to the resignations of BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness on Sunday."
The confession:
"We accept that our edit unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech, rather than excerpts from different points in the speech, and that this gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action," the statement said.
However, they are stating that they will not pay damages. I sincerely hope the President sues them for defamation anyway. And given the circumstances, I would think there's a chance a citizen(s) could successfully sue the BBC over their deception.
" ...unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech, rather than excerpts from different points..."
"Unintentionally," my ass! You can't "unintentionally" cut-and-paste a video clip.
"The fallout from the scandal led to the resignations of BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness on Sunday."
The confession: "We accept that our edit unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech, rather than excerpts from different points in the speech, and that this gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action," the statement said.
However, they are stating that they will not pay damages. I sincerely hope the President sues them for defamation anyway. And given the circumstances, I would think there's a chance a citizen(s) could successfully sue the BBC over their deception.
Apology is not enough. The BBC needs to be taken down. It's state propaganda.
apologies are an admission of guilt
But they won't stop lying just because they got caught. This is the BBC.
they may when they get sued 7 ways from sunday for slander and/or libel
Unintentionally my a$$. That's a lie not an apology.
" ...unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech, rather than excerpts from different points..."
"Unintentionally," my ass! You can't "unintentionally" cut-and-paste a video clip.
It's propaganda, clear and simple.