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Rod Liddle: UK Correspondent on Donald Trump threatening to sue the BBC over accusations of bias
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The BBC's chairman has denied claims the BBC is trying to bury accusations of bias as Donald Trump threatens to sue the company.
A leaked BBC memo suggests the Panorama programme edited Trump’s speech to imply he encouraged the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021.
The US President is demanding a full retraction and is threatening to sue for nearly NZ$1.8 billion in damages.
BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness have both stepped down.
UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking that Chairman Samir Shah said he doesn’t believe the BBC is institutionally biased, but Liddle isn’t sure he believes that.
Liddle believes Shah said it as he feels the need to hold the BBC together in the wake of its two most damaging resignations, Davie and Turness.
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