Donald Trump BBC

They didn’t just “misrepresent what he said” 🙄

Exactly. Trump is a scapegoat, the same as Andrew. Other presidents/politicians and royals are just as bad, but are protected while we blame everything on those two. BBC and CNN, etc don't verify or fact check they push agendas. Come on guys, wake up!!

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Oh boy it would really Suck if Trump were to do this. Let's hope it all Blows away. This wouldn't happen if Clinton still has the Job.

Sounds just like 2 of my friends, who are around my age (the others are like me and don’t watch or record any live tv). Must be millions of licence fee payers in the same position.

I thought that Trump believed in free speech. It's not like he hasn't told any serious lies is it...

I really don't understand why pp still think the BBC are impartial. Is describing male rapists as women impartial? No it bloody well isnt. How do you think those rape victims felt about it? They didn't have the funds to sue. I'm glad he's doing it, simply to send a message that it's immoral for the national, state funded broadcaster to lie.

It’s the only thing that would actually make th change and even then it’s not guaranteed .

Instead of crying about Trump rightly taking action against the BBC shouldn’t you be asking yourself what else they’ve lied about?

Maybe we shouldn’t buy American for everything else he has done in the world including crippling tariffs? How about supporting those countries being affected by his crazy actions already, or is it just when it affects the BBC?

He doesn’t understand that the BBC is owned by the public and truthfully he has every right to being a libel case no matter how horrid or awful he is.

The pay out won’t be a billion pounds - think about it. It’s just sensationalist.

The BBC are supposed to be impartial and have no-one to blame apart from themselves! They shouldn’t be putting licence payers money at risk. Best result will be scrapping the fee and making it commercial

Will anybody throw the book at the BBC for their complicity in the government’s campaign of fear in 2020 (which probably broke some advertising and communications rules), and for their lies about the size of the anti-lockdown protest? “A couple of hundred conspiracy theorists on speakers corner”. It was easily hundreds of thousands of people. I was there myself.

The BBC makes billions every year from its commercial operations (BBC Studios). It sells old shows across the world all the time. It owns the U channels in the UK which generate millions from advertising. It gets millions from Britbox.

The BBC can afford being sued - and it's already now ready for the licence fee to be scrapped.

Let's just get on and scrap the bloody thing

Wouldn't it make more sense to stop paying your licence fee, given that the BBC did the lie and refused to correct it and therefore created this mess, than not buy US goods, given that US companies have got nothing to do with Trump's litigation?

Certainly not a Trump fan here but he’s quite right to sue them for lying about him.

That's because daily mail readers and reform voters are, as a rule, not very bright.

I'm no fan of the BBC but Trump absolutely will not a get a penny out of them, as anyone who has any idea of the actual law will know.

He's just doing what he always does, flailing around like a fucking baby and making himself look even more like a cunt than he already does, if that is even possible.

Oh ffs, so you want the president of the US to reign over our media and teach them a lesson? Public service broadcasting to be given a whipping to teach them sort of lesson? This isn’t just about panorama and anyone who thinks that is naive.
Oh look, a squirrel…

You could cancel your licence if it goes up to more than you want to pay. But anyway Sir Keir is going to have a word so it will be ok

I think it means ‘free’ as in, not beholden to any group or particular stakeholder.

Sorry, yes, i misunderstood.

Suing for 1 to 5 billion, wow! That would be money we could use to stop Putin invading Europe, surely. What happened to that, by the way? Come on BBC Verify, tell us again why we need to spend billions to protect our borders against a supposed threat that would never happen in a million years. You were scaring the c**p out of us, now very little. Busy verifying other things? What happened to Mr Z, by the way?

I think it means ‘free’ as in, not beholden to any group or particular stakeholder.

He’s definitely no a statesman in the traditional sense of being polished and eloquent. But I’m not sure why that’s relevant. Nor do I think anyone is pandering to him. He has a case in tort law and as much right as anyone to pursue it.

Incidentally, the president in the US constitution is pretty much identical to a constitutional monarch. Just elected and given a different name. Anglo Saxon monarchs were elected by the Witan anyway. The American system attracts narcissists to the presidency. They don’t have to ride through the party, starting with leafleting a constituency where they don’t have a hope of winning a seat, then sitting in the back benches, accepting the party whip against their better judgement and gradually being morphed into a ‘suitable’ candidate for PM. When they get there, they find it’s unglamorous, as the glamour is outsourced to a ceremonial monarch.
I’ve no idea what he likes about Britain, but I’d imagine it’s simply fondness for his mother transferred to her homeland.

I hope he gets it and the BBC has to move to a pay per view. If soft heads want to buy the news arm of it, let them. The vast majority won't and it will sink...let them verify that, the twats.

The annual income from the licence fee was 3.8 billion last year for context