donald trump This Sunday, the BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, and executive director of news, Deborah Turnes, spoke about their decision to resign after learning that the British network had manipulated the US president’s own speech in a documentary.
The president accused former BBC directors of “very dishonest people” and “trying to influence their country’s presidential election” from his social network Truth Social, which was created in X’s image and likeness.
“High-ranking BBC officials to resign/fire, including director general Tim Davie” It was discovered that my amazing (perfect!) speech was being manipulated On January 6th,” President Trump’s message on Sunday begins.
President Trump then expressed his gratitude in a message. telegraph papera British newspaper that revealed that the British program Panorama “broadcast a manipulated version of its message to reveal these things.” corrupt journalist”.
“They are very dishonest “They tried to influence the presidential election,” he added, adding, “As if that wasn’t enough, they’re coming from a foreign country that many consider to be our main ally. What a horror for democracy!”
The documentary became the center of controversy after an internal investigation found that Trump’s speech was distorted in a documentary released just before the presidential election in which he lost. kamala harris He won a second term in the United States.
According to the report, the original format displayed two phrases: Approximately 1 hour difference.
In the video broadcast during the panorama documentary, “Trump: A second chance?”it was implied that during a speech on January 6, 2001, the US president had incited demonstrators by showing them that he would walk with them to storm the Capitol. “Fight with all your might”.
On the same day, after Congress confirmed the victory of the Democratic candidate, joe biden A group of Republican protesters occupied Congress amid significant incidents during the presidential election. 5 people dead.
But as captured in images of President Trump’s full speech in Washington that day, what the president actually said were, “I’m going to walk to the Capitol.” Please encourage our brave senators and congressmen.”.
President Trump’s message was not the only one to address this issue. Hours earlier, the former British Prime Minister boris johnson has announced that it will not pay license fees for the British channel “until BBC Director Tim Davie reveals how Panorama manipulated President Trump’s speech or resigns”.
Meanwhile, I learned of the resignation of Presidential Press Secretary Davey and Presidential Press Secretary Turnes. caroline leavitt Echoing the US president’s words, he claimed that “BBC News is dying because it is fake anti-Trump news” and urged people to watch its competitor GBNews channel.
Mr Levitt had already claimed in a recent interview that “British taxpayers are being made to pay for a left-wing propaganda machine” in relation to TV license fees levied in the UK.
This Sunday, via his X account, he also responded Javier Millay I reposted a thread about this and said: “The mask falls off.”
Meanwhile, the Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport said: Lisa Nandyexpressed gratitude for Tim Davie’s achievements during his time as general manager. “He led the BBC through a period of major change and helped the organization meet the challenges it has faced in recent years,” Nandy wrote.
He added: “Now more than ever, the need for reliable news and quality programming is essential to our democratic and cultural life and our place in the world.”
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