Ivonne, I think you are missing the point of my post. I am not a Trump fan and I specifically said that if anyone wishes to criticise Trump there is plenty of genuine material out there. What is not acceptable is for the BBC to mislead viewers by doctoring Trump's speech to make it appear that he had explicitly incited a riot at the Capitol. What Trump actually said was    'We're going to walk down to the Capitol and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and congresswomen.' But in Panorama's edit he was shown as saying,     'We're going to walk down to the Capitol ... and I'll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.' The two sections of the speech that were edited together were more than 50 minutes apart and were spoken in different contexts - one about the march, and the other about alleged electoral fraud in general. After showing the president speaking, the programme played footage of flag-waving men marching on the Capitol. But in fact the footage was shot before the president had started speaking. What is particularly disturbing is that BBC Management subsequently refused to accept that the programme makers had done anything wrong despite the obvious dishonesty of the reporting. In any case it is not just me or the 'Telegraph' complaining. A cross-party group of MPs has said that the BBC has 'serious questions to answer'. The House of Commons culture, media and sport committee has written to the BBC Chairman, Samir Shah, to ask what action is being taken over the concerns raised in the memo from the BBC's former independent advisor on editorial standards.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Trump Derangement Syndrome	04/11/25 19:14:00	Steven Rose
Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	04/11/25 20:11:00	Michael Brigo
Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	04/11/25 20:18:00	Robert Wheeler
Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 11:07:00	John Hawkes
Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	04/11/25 20:33:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 01:39:00	Steven Rose
Re:Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 10:24:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 10:30:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 10:36:00	Barbara Stevens
Reply	05/11/25 10:55:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	05/11/25 11:29:00	John Hawkes
Reply	05/11/25 11:43:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	05/11/25 12:40:00	John Hawkes
Reply	05/11/25 16:42:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	05/11/25 11:39:00	Steven Rose
Re:Re:Reply	05/11/25 12:04:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 12:03:00	Gerry Boyce
Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 14:28:00	Steven Rose
Re:Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 15:07:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 16:09:00	Sue Hammond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 16:48:00	Ivonne Holliday
Reply	05/11/25 17:13:00	Sue Hammond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 16:27:00	John Hawkes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 16:31:00	Steven Rose
Re:Re:Trump Derangement Syndrome	05/11/25 16:24:00	John Hawkes
Reply	05/11/25 16:39:00	Sue Hammond
Re:Reply	05/11/25 18:09:00	Steven Rose
Re:Re:Reply	05/11/25 19:07:00	Ivonne Holliday
Reply	05/11/25 18:23:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	05/11/25 19:10:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Re:Reply	05/11/25 20:49:00	Sue Hammond
Re:Re:Re:Reply	05/11/25 20:56:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	05/11/25 21:38:00	Steven Rose
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	05/11/25 23:07:00	Gerry Boyce
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	06/11/25 10:01:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	06/11/25 11:06:00	John Hawkes
Reply	06/11/25 11:18:00	Sue Hammond
Reply	06/11/25 11:33:00	Sue Hammond

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