Donald I, emperor of the world.

[briantrumpet]

Tom Nichols was distinctly on the Right at one stage.

I think this is absolutely true, and was true of the Tory government (I said so repeatedly at the time), and of Badenoch's party still.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I am not Trump's greatest fan, and have been a supporter of the BBC, but, if the recent news is true and the BBC has spliced his speeches together to make them seem even more controversial then it really does deserve condemnation and censure.

The man is a nasty, narcissistic despot and his words and actions are evidence enough of this without making them seem even worse to to embellish the story. This will also be used by his fans as "evidence" of the other stuff that is being "made up" by his enemies.

 

[CXRAndy]

The man is a nasty, narcissistic despot and his words and actions are evidence enough of this without making them seem even worse to to embellish the story.

Are they though, you believed the narrative the holier than though BBC concocted.

 

[secretsqirrel]

I am not Trump's greatest fan, and have been a supporter of the BBC, but, if the recent news is true and the BBC has spliced his speeches together to make them seem even more controversial then it really does deserve condemnation and censure.

The man is a nasty, narcissistic despot and his words and actions are evidence enough of this without making them seem even worse to to embellish the story. This will also be used by his fans as "evidence" of the other stuff that is being "made up" by his enemies.

Agreed. This was nearly 5 years ago, I think the BBC have more than redressed the balance since.

Edit: this episode of Panarama was aired last year. I think people would have been familiar with the tone of the speech by then.

 

[pubrunner]

I am not Trump's greatest fan, and have been a supporter of the BBC, but, if the recent news is true and the BBC has spliced his speeches together to make them seem even more controversial then it really does deserve condemnation and censure.

From everything I've heard and read, it seems that the BBC did splice Trump's speeches and also, that both the Chairman and the Director General of the BBC knew about it. It seems incredible, that this happened on a flagship programme such as Panorama.

I've long been a fan and supporter of the BBC, on the assumption that they are 'impartial' and 'honest'. I'm no fan of Trump - It's quite possible to think that Trump is unfit for office and at the same time think that the BBC editing quotes to make him say something he didn't, (quotes approx. one hour apart, and with no explanation of what they had done) but simply passing it off as a single sentence is utterly wrong.

Quotes being spliced together, is totally unbecoming of Britain's national broadcaster. So much for demonstrating British honesty, integrity, fair play and journalistic quality to the world.

And as mentioned above by Rusty Nails, " This will also be used by his fans as "evidence" of the other stuff that is being "made up" by his enemies".

 

[Rusty Nails]

Are they though, you believed the narrative the holier than though BBC concocted.

I don't only get the news from the BBC.

And I don't count the rubbish that algorithms throw out on X and Tiktok as reliable news sources.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

I don't only get the news from the BBC.

And I don't count the rubbish that algorithms throw out on X and Tiktok as reliable news sources.

Not to mention Fox News.
Glass house and stones as far as he’s concerned.

My opinion of the news as put out by the BBC has changed over the years. They are no longer the completely reliable source they once were. Heavily influenced by agendas.

 

[Ian H]

Not to mention Fox News.
Glass house and stones as far as he’s concerned.

My opinion of the news as put out by the BBC has changed over the years. They are no longer the completely reliable source they once were. Heavily influenced by agendas.

They certainly had an agenda in Reithian days.

 

[Bazzer]

Partial backdown by orange TACO.
After having been pushed by two separate Court Orders, the administration will now provide partial (52%) relief to around 42 million recipients of food stamps by the use of emergency funding.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/03/trump-partially-fund-food-stamps-snap

Although no doubt the administration will do whatever it can to put obstacles in the way of relief actually being received.

Around 1 in 9 of the population on a supplemental nutrition assistance programme in one of the wealthiest and most developed countries in the world.

 

[Pinno718]

They certainly had an agenda in Reithian days.

I do not like the beeb news. it's often condescending and pandering to the lower denominators.
'The balanced reporting' is a load of shyte when Fagash gets unknown news coverage even though Reform has only got 5 seats in Parliament (Libs 72) yet they talk about Fagash looking to be PM?! F*ck off.
The airtime given to him during the Brexit campaign was nauseous. ITV is a little bit better but neither really go into much detail about Trump. It's all far too 'nice'. C4 news is not bad at all but it doesn't get the viewers as Neverdale and Neverenders occupy the masses.