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President
United States
(US)
Donald Trump
officially sued the news agency
BBC
on charges of defamation following the editing of the video of his speech in 2021.
Trump demanded that the British media pay compensation of US $ 10 billion or around Rp. 166 trillion.
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AFP
reported that Trump’s lawsuit was officially filed on Monday (15/12) in federal court in Miami.Trump asked
BBC
awarded damages of US$5 billion each for two claims, namely alleged defamation and violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Trump previously stated
BBC
had “twisted my words” and even alleged the media “used AI or something” in the editing.
Trump’s own lawsuit is related to the documentary
BBC
which aired last year before the 2024 US general election (election) on the BBC’s flagship news program “Panorama”.
In the documentary, two parts of Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021 were included
BBC
, but the editing made it seem like Trump was calling on his supporters to attack the Capitol, where parliament was certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
”
BBC
“The once respected and now disgraced defamation of President Trump has intentionally, with malicious intent, and by manipulating his speech in a blatant attempt to interfere in the 2024 presidential election,” a spokesperson for Trump’s legal team said in a statement to
AFP
.
”
BBC
has a long pattern of deceiving its audience in reporting about President Trump, all in service of their own left-wing political agenda,” he continued.
This editing problem caused the British Broadcasting Corporation to be rocked last month to the point where its executives resigned.
BBC
has denied Trump’s accusations of defamation and has sent a letter of apology to the President.
Lawsuit against
BBC
it is the latest in a series of legal actions Trump has taken against media companies in recent years.
One of them, against
CBS News
the aftermath of a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, which Trump said was edited to show Harris as smarter than she actually was.Harris was then the Democratic presidential candidate.
Paramount Global, as the owner of the network, finally agreed to pay US$16 million (around Rp. 267 billion) to settle the case.
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