BBC apologizes to Trump for 2024 documentary but rejects defamation claim

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The British Broadcasting Corporation said it apologized to President Donald Trump on Thursday after he threatened to sue the media organization over an episode of the documentary series “Panorama,” which he said misleadingly spliced together his remarks on Jan. 6, 2021, to show him explicitly encourage violence at the U.S. Capitol.

“Lawyers for the BBC have written to President Trump’s legal team in response to a letter received on Sunday,” the BBC wrote in a statement. “BBC Chair Samir Shah has separately sent a personal letter to the White House making clear to President Trump that he and the Corporation are sorry for the edit of the President’s speech on 6 January 2021, which featured in the programme.”

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