Throughout his election campaigns and his tenure as the President, he projected media organisations as adversaries — “enemies of the people” — in his words. He had sued American TV networks like CBS and ABC, as well as The New York Times

xUS President Donald Trump’s threat to sue the BBC for $1 billion in damages over splicing of his speech which he delivered on January 6, 2021, is not merely another flashpoint of his conflict with media organisations. Leading to the resignations of its director-general Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness, it is an illustration of a broader strategy to push media institutions into submission through relentless pressure, legal action and public de-legitimisation.

Throughout his election campaigns and his tenure as the President, he projected media or

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