BBC Chair Samir Shah has issued a formal apology after acknowledging that a Panorama documentary edited a speech by former US President Donald Trump in a way that “did give the impression of a direct call for violent action.” The controversy has grown following the publication of an internal memo criticising BBC’s 2024 US election coverage and the programme’s handling of the footage.

What prompted BBC's apology?

The issue came to light after The Daily Telegraph released a memo written by former adviser Michael Prescott , which alleged that the Panorama programme edited two separate parts of Trump’s speech together, creating the impression that Donald Trump was directly urging supporters toward the Capitol during the 6 January 2021 riots.

Samir Shah, in a letter to the Culture, Media

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