Donald Trump BBC

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If Donald Trump gets compensation from the BBC to the tune of a million, which might affect our license fee payments, would it be appropriate to stop buying goods from US for a while. I think the BBC were wrong to misrepresent what Trump said, but effectively suing the population as a retaliation seems a step too far.

I thought it was too late for him to sue?

I think he’s right really, it was outrageous. The man is a lunatic, there’s no need to cobble together footage to make him look bad.

Don't like the Donald one bit but the BBC were so stupid. What were they thinking?

Man who wouldn't know the truth if it shot him in the ear sues broadcaster for manipulating things he said.

And they say Americans don't get irony.

The BBC being sued might possibly encourage them onto a path of more integrity, so that would be nice.

Have the BBC basically abridged what Trump
said? He did say those things, did they just miss out the ellipses?

I agree completely. It was a stupid thing to do. But I think threatening to sue ...effectively the British people.... is an ugly form of bullying and we shouldnt stand for it. He only understands economic retaliation so maybe people shouldnt buy American stuff for a bit.

I think this is all grandstanding. He has a slam dunk case, but in a U.K. court, for libel at least, he’s too late. No idea about the US. It’s $5 billion apparently, which is absurd. I know American courts award higher sums than here, but that just reminds me of the beginning of Austin Powers when Dr Evil says he will hold the world to ransom and demand 100 billion dollars.

Said 50 fucking minutes apart and cutting the footage to imply it was said immediately after. You are supposed to indicate that time had passed by inserting something, usually a white flash as a transition.

Possibly it was made by a low-level producer and approved up the chain by those unfamiliar with the speech, but there’s no way you can make it through J-school and claim ignorance—it’s completely unethical behavior

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Alex Jones was successfully sued for (at least) one billion dollars

I think he did say those things yeah. I'm not 100% sure what's going on with the BBC/Trump thing at the moment, I'm too distracted by all the Epstein stuff. I think maga is finally about to implode 🤞

I highly doubt any lawsuit will be successful OP. I'd cross that bridge if it ever happens.

It’s time the BBC became a subscription service.
It’s no longer the beacon of impartiality it once was.

The anti BBC treads on here are as relentless as the anti dog ones.

Interesting. That vaguely rings a bell. He’s the American who was into conspiracies about aliens or something wasn’t he? You see the headlines in British papers, but have no idea who the people are, so you absorb broken snippets.

Did the plaintiff ( I think they still use that term in the US) get the money? It’s one thing suing a corporation, quite another’s person. I’d imagine it reaches the point where the number is immaterial because you were bankrupt several hundred million earlier.

As much as I dislike Trump, I hope he does sue the BBC and I hope he wins.
He's not 'going after' the British public. And playing this ridiculous card of 'it all falls on the poor public when they had nothing to do with this', is a begging card which has no place in the real world.
They should have some sort of insurance for cases like this.
Otherwise just let them go bankrupt.
No amount of license fees would cover such a high payout.
And nobody would lend it to them. Unless, of course, the government would be stupid enough to contemplate bailing them out which they can't afford to do and it would be absurd.

I’ve just looked online and in Florida (Trump’s home state) the limit for defamation is 2 years, not 1. Like British courts, US courts claim global jurisdiction for the consideration of such cases, so he can sue them and he would probably win. Though one wonders if the purpose is the pre-trial negotiation and an out of court settlement that may not be financial. Who knows. Maybe he doesn’t know himself. Rich men instruct lawyers to litigate as readily as poor men smoke cigarettes.

I hope he is successful. The BBC are a disgrace. Any compensation should be paid from BBC funds, they have many billions.

The BBC should call his bluff. Or at very least stick to their guns. They are perpetually terrified by what the right wing media and previous right wing governments might do to them. And now Trump

They have less than 2 billion pounds in assets.

I think that the gap was significant and does rather distort what he said at the time. It was a bit naughty. You cant do things like that if you are the BBC. But in terms of what Trump's motivations are generally, l think we all know where his allegiances lie and what his intentions are. It's a bit rich suing the BBC though when you think of the sort of twists and distortions and manipulations of truth that go on in many news outlets.

They must implode because surely garbage has a sell by date.

Oh dear. Perhaps they'll have to declare bankruptcy...

Would a successful lawsuit involve having to find someone who saw the original programme thinking Trump was a jolly good egg and changed their mind by the end?

Might need to look really really hard if so

What would that gain?
Who do you think provides better, more impartial news?