Why is Trump threatening to sue the BBC?

特朗普为何威胁要起诉BBC?

The Global Story

2025-11-12

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The BBC has this week been rocked by a series of controversies, leading its Director General and Head of News to resign, and President Donald Trump threatening to sue the corporation over an edit it made to his January 6th, 2021 speech in one of its programmes, which the BBC admits was misleading. How did the management of the world’s most trusted news broadcaster reach crisis point, and what does this tell us about today’s media landscape? BBC culture and media editor Katie Razzall explains. Producers: Viv Jones, Xandra Ellin and Hannah Moore Executive producer: James Shield Mix: Travis Evans Senior news editor: China Collins Photo: BBC headquarters in London. Credit: Andy Rain/EPA/Shutterstock
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  • Well, Asma,

  • I'm talking to you from the BBC headquarters in London where the place is in a bit of a turmoil today.

  • I'm afraid there's been a showdown and the two top bosses of the BBC have resigned from their jobs.

  • I'm sure this has crossed many people's radars already in the United States.

  • Yeah, we've heard about it.

  • So Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion unless he gets an apology for a mistake that was made.

  • The BBC is admitted to it over an edit,

  • an internal edit of something that he said in a speech on the 6th of January 2021.

  • And it's an important moment for the BBC right now.

  • You know, Tristan, the way that this story is largely being framed here in the U.S.

  • is through the lens of President Trump's long ongoing history of suing various news outlets for coverage that he does not like.

  • He's filed lawsuits against the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, ABC, CBS News,

  • and the way that many people see what's happening right now with Trump threatening to sue the BBC for a billion dollars is within that broad frame,

  • in part

  • because President Trump's team was on social media taking a victory lap after we saw those two senior leaders resign,

  • and this is being perceived as Trump's influence leading to the resignation of these two leaders at the BBC.

  • But, you know, the sense I've gotten, Tristan, from conversations with you,

  • with other colleagues, British colleagues based in London, is that that's not the whole story.

  • Well, on this occasion, the BBC may have bigger problems than Donald Trump.

  • It's a far-reaching and complex crisis for the BBC, and we're going to explain that to you today.