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BBC expected to apologise for doctoring Trump videos

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Primrose53 Sun 09-Nov-25 07:49:14

And so they should! Had any other TV channel done this they would have been closed down. The truth will out.

The BBC have got away with so much over the years and have always been biased and many would say, corrupt. Martin Bashir, Jimmy Savile, Huw Edwards etc

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bbc-boris-johnson-nick-robinson-caroline-dinenage-trump-b2861548.html#

Casdon Tue 18-Nov-25 08:29:07

Galaxy

Many people are excusing lies from the BBC because of their hatred for Trump, it is a rabbit hole as well of course.

Very few people have done that. Very few people want to see lies perpetrated by the media, and don’t except the BBC from that. I object strongly to people making that assumption.

ronib Tue 18-Nov-25 07:58:38

As much as I dislike Starmer, I wouldn’t like foreign news outlets to fabricate stories about him. It’s unacceptable for the BBC to interfere in the affairs of another country by spreading misinformation and why do they?

Anniebach Tue 18-Nov-25 07:56:59

I so agree Galaxy

Galaxy Tue 18-Nov-25 07:41:48

Many people are excusing lies from the BBC because of their hatred for Trump, it is a rabbit hole as well of course.

IOMGran Tue 18-Nov-25 07:21:47

DaisyAnneReturns

I do wonder if those who support and repeat the lies which are propoganda counter to our countries well being, are not following in the footsteps of someone like James Joyce? We may not seem to be recognisably at war but just as the "Cold War" did not escalate into direct, full-scale war Trump seems to be pursuing both a cultural and economic war against previous allies.

Exactly this. I think many people have been sucked down rabbit holes and I don't think they know how to get out. I can't believe they are all just bad.

Galaxy Tue 18-Nov-25 07:01:22

It is an opinion that the earth is flat, I wouldn't rely on a news source that reported that as fact.

Galaxy Tue 18-Nov-25 06:59:54

Could you point out where I said that daisy.

DaisyAnneReturns Mon 17-Nov-25 23:46:10

I do wonder if those who support and repeat the lies which are propoganda counter to our countries well being, are not following in the footsteps of someone like James Joyce? We may not seem to be recognisably at war but just as the "Cold War" did not escalate into direct, full-scale war Trump seems to be pursuing both a cultural and economic war against previous allies.

DaisyAnneReturns Mon 17-Nov-25 23:30:19

You wouldn't have to agree with the BBC's stance Casdon the suggestion is that we would/should only be allowed to hear Galaxy's opinion.

DaisyAnneReturns Mon 17-Nov-25 23:25:33

Casdon

Galaxy

They described a man who assaulted children as a woman. I don't want my money to support that abusive 'flat earth' reporting.

Are you saying that you don’t want the full gamut of services provided by the BBC to no longer be publicly supported because you disagree with their stance on one subject? I’d never watch or listen to anything on any channel again if I had to agree with their stance on everything they reported.

Actually, isn't it part of the BBC's charter to present differing views?

DaisyAnneReturns Mon 17-Nov-25 23:21:15

I know not everybody reads before they reply, but I didn't actually say that not supporting the BBC is supporting Trump.

Ladyleftfieldlover Mon 17-Nov-25 21:55:10

But why does he do this? Why does he lie as easily as blinking? I know he despises the London Mayor, Sadiq Khan and has made up so much stuff about London. I’ve just spent several days there - Kew, the tube, the V&A. I had a lovely, safe time. The whole of trump’s administration need to be called out for their lies. The problem is that if a representative of a media organisation call him out on anything, he simply looses it and calls them nasty or worse. I am afraid he makes me ill. I could go on, but I won’t. All reasonable people know what he’s like.

Eloethan Mon 17-Nov-25 21:16:02

How many outright lies has Trump told about the UK - about its lawlessness, the dangers of visiting London, the implementation within our legal system of Sharia Law, etc, etc. I even recall footage of rioting being attributed to the UK, when in fact it transpired that it occurred in another country. But, of course, he has the money, and the backing from wealthy people, to tie organisations and individuals up in extremely time-consuming and very expensive legal proceedings, knowing that such organisations and individuals do not have the vast resources to adequately defend themselves. He has already silenced many of his critics.

Casdon Mon 17-Nov-25 20:59:18

Each to their own I guess. I think the BBC is so much more than just news. I never have trusted any single channel or other media outlet on news, they all have bias and get things wrong, I think the baby could be thrown out with the bath water if everybody thought like you do.

Galaxy Mon 17-Nov-25 20:22:34

Yes. How could I trust their reporting on say the middle east when they would report that nonsense. In one sense the subject matter is irrelevant, they could have embraced the ideology that the earth was flat and it would have had the sane impact.
The only BBC programming I regularly consume is the archers, I seem to be surviving.

Casdon Mon 17-Nov-25 20:17:16

Galaxy

They described a man who assaulted children as a woman. I don't want my money to support that abusive 'flat earth' reporting.

Are you saying that you don’t want the full gamut of services provided by the BBC to no longer be publicly supported because you disagree with their stance on one subject? I’d never watch or listen to anything on any channel again if I had to agree with their stance on everything they reported.

Galaxy Mon 17-Nov-25 19:58:38

They described a man who assaulted children as a woman. I don't want my money to support that abusive 'flat earth' reporting.

Magenta8 Mon 17-Nov-25 19:14:31

I can't understand why anybody in the UK would want to see the end of the BBC.

Can somebody please explain more explicitly than "They were in the wrong and they have made mistakes in the past." Or "They have become a hotbed of left wing politics." Or even "They pandered to the wokey extremists."

You probably have reasons that go beyond the above and Trump's views. Please share them.

Casdon Mon 17-Nov-25 18:52:23

Different, but related, things. More people who want to abolish the BBC support Trump than people who don’t. Not supporting the actions of the BBC on this particular issue is common to most people, but supporting Trump’s actions in suing is a subset of that.

Galaxy Mon 17-Nov-25 18:40:17

Not supporting the BBC isn't supporting Trump, they are different things.

DaisyAnneReturns Mon 17-Nov-25 18:39:16

I do think there is a lack of patriotism where the British Trunp supporters are concerned. The company we are talking about is the BRITISH Broadcasting Company. It certainly needs to adhere to English law but it did not broadcast this programme in America. If other American companies did he can go after them in California and loose just as he has lost other cases.

Why do you support our current arch enemy? Someone who wants to subjugate his own people and ours?

AGAA4 Mon 17-Nov-25 18:24:39

The NHS, Starmer and others all complicit in agreeing with the TRAs.
Wording was changed to try placate them. Chest feeding. People who bleed. Birth givers.
What a lot of nonsense all these people fell for.

Galaxy Mon 17-Nov-25 17:01:39

I know they aren't the only ones but how on earth did they fall for that ideology.

Oreo Mon 17-Nov-25 16:58:41

Thanks TerriBull for that report of the transactivism within the BBC, and it isn’t a surprise!It was going that stupid way for a long time.

Maremia Mon 17-Nov-25 16:06:52

Now, for those of you you are expressing disgust at the 'BBC' edit, please do not watch the Saturday Night Live version.
So rude.