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Welcome to the Explanation from the BBC World Service.
This is Rosakins and Katie Razzle, and this is The Media Show.
We're here to explain the trends behind the fast-changing media landscape.
This week on The Media Show, the crisis at the BBC continues.
Donald Trump.
hasn't backed down in his threat to sue the BBC for up to five billion dollars over a misleading edit of his speech on January the 6th 2021.
We will assess what it all means for the very future of the BBC.
And the TV producer behind some of the world's biggest hits tells us about his latest project with Ed Sheeran.
We start the show by returning to the crisis facing the BBC.
If you were with us last week,
you'll know that the BBC has apologised to Donald Trump for how a documentary edited together sections of his January the 6th speech.
The BBC's director general and its head of news both quit their jobs,
but President Trump says he still plans to sue the corporation for between one and five billion dollars.
All of this is continued fallout from a leaked memo which alleged systemic bias.
Our first guest was Rosamund Irwin, media editor at The Sunday Times.
When any news organization is sued and they think they're about to be sued,
I mean, of course, Trump hasn't actually filed this yet.
They need to push back hard.