9 months ago
BBC's Panorama: Not a 'Hatchet Job' on Trump, Says Former Guardian Editor
A BBC show about Donald Trump caused a big problem.
A former newspaper editor said it wasn't trying to attack Trump, but the BBC's boss and a news boss left their jobs.
Trump is mad and might sue.
The show is now gone from the BBC's website and a company that showed it in other countries stopped too.
Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger defends BBC's Panorama film on Donald Trump
Panorama clip was a 12-second edit, not an ideological attack on Trump
BBC's Director General and news boss resign following controversy
Trump threatens $1B legal action against BBC
BBC iPlayer removes Panorama, distributor Blue Ant Media drops it
- Who
- Alan Rusbridger, former Guardian editor; Donald Trump; Tim Davie, former BBC Director General; Bill Keller, former New York Times exec editor
- What
- Defense of BBC's Panorama film on Trump; Resignations; Legal threat from Trump
- Where
- BBC, Guardian, New York Times
- When
- Controversy happened recently, Rusbridger spoke at a British Screen Forum today
- Why
- Controversy over Panorama's editing; Trump's reaction; Resignations due to controversy
BBC's Perspective
Trump's Perspective
Panorama Clip
BBC's Perspective
A clumsy edit, not an ideological attack
Trump's Perspective
Inciting riot, biased reporting
Key facts
- Panorama Title
- Trump: A Second Chance
- Duration of Controversial Clip
- 12 seconds
- Estimated Legal Threat from Trump
- BBC's Funding Model Review
- Upcoming in three years
- Potential Party to Watch in Next General Election
- Nigel Farage's Reform UK
Quotes
Alan Rusbridger
Former Guardian editor and journalist
“Bill had just written a piece which said this was a program that was largely pro-Trump, it was largely an attempt to explain Trump and why it seemed likely that he was going to win that election. It wasn’t a hatchet job on Trump. It was a 12-second edit that was a way of jumping to a new sequence. That doesn’t seem to me like an ideological attack on the right, it feels to me like a clumsy edit, but those are the standards to which BBC journalism are now held.”
deadline.com
“The BBC now has three years to 'Farage proof' before the next general election, at which point Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party may unseat the governing Labour Party.”
deadline.com