Trump - again
Who thinks that Trump deserves the (up to £5 billion) that he is trying to get paid by the BBC for “fake news” ?
Considering the total income through licence fees is just £3.8 billion
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trump deserves nothing
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He's just using this to flood the zone in order to overwhelm his opponents, the media, and the public, to distract them from his involvement in the Epstein scandal.
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Should the PM get involved and give Trump a phone call ?
Otherwise it could affect the trade between UK and US
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The BBC can no longer be regarded as the gold standard of broadcasting, either at home or abroad. Its latest shambles is nothing short of humiliating, and I, for one, no longer wish to fund it.
Consider the record. Even after Huw Edwards was arrested for making Category A child abuse images, the BBC kept him on at £479,999 a year and handed him a £40,000 pay rise during that time. Only after his resignation did they timidly request £200,000 back, money to this day Edwards has never repaid. No serious effort has been made to recover licence payer’s funds.
Then came the Glastonbury fiasco, where the BBC broadcast a set so drenched in political messaging that it forced the resignation of its head of music and left the Director General fighting for his job. A publicly funded broadcaster should never have distributed such partisan material on iPlayer.
Most damning of all, the BBC aired a Gaza documentary narrated by the son of a Hamas official, a fact hidden from viewers that struck at the very heart of impartiality. The corporation broadcast it knowing it could never meet its own standards. Only when outsiders exposed the truth did they admit “serious failings” and pull the programme. Its own chairman called the scandal “a dagger to the heart” of impartiality, while the Director General conceded it was “a really, really bad moment” for the BBC.
Trump’s demands may grab headlines, but the deeper scandal is the BBC’s handling of his speech. When the doctored edit first came to light in May, senior staff urged an immediate apology. That advice was overruled by Director General Tim Davie and Deborah Turness, the Chief Executive of BBC News. Instead, the corporation concealed the evidence for five months, hoping the storm would pass. The matter could have been resolved professionally, perhaps even at Trump’s state banquet in September, but our publicly funded broadcaster defaulted to concealment, not candour.
In my own personal opinion, the solution is clear, end the compulsory funding model. If the BBC truly delivers value, it should thrive in the marketplace like any other media organisation, through voluntary subscriptions or advertising revenue.
No other broadcaster enjoys the privilege of guaranteed funding regardless of performance or cost to the licence payer. The time has come to abolish this anachronistic levy, and if the BBC is as confident in its worth as it claims, that should not be a problem.
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Keir Starmer should not bother calling this deranged creep, who's making America sad again. Neither should this affect the trade between the two countries. The sad thing, however, is that almost every head of state in the world has lately been pandering to this man-child convicted villain, who craves unearned praises.
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Trump and Andrew Windsor need to be locked up in a Supermax Prison in America, both have been on that island and are in the same boat as certain to presenters and singers that have been outed over the last 20 years.
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The attack on the BBC is not so much about the documentary but about trying to control media in the UK. The fact one of America's governmental aides said everyone in the UK should watch GB news instead is a really key factor here.
I'm not defending the editing of the video, but at the same time, American news channels regularly misrepresent the UK and its regions, especially London under Khan, without consequence. And I haven't forgotten comments made by GB news about benefits claimants which went without challenge or reprisal. In the case of the Trump documentary, he did say those things. Just not in the order they were presented.
I have no doubt there are things that need fixing at the BBC, but allowing a foreign president to come in against our media outlets is not the same as reforming the BBC for the people paying the licence fee.
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"The attack on the BBC is not so much about the documentary but about trying to control media in the UK."
Spot on!
"he did say those things. Just not in the order they were presented."
Yep, he did say those things for the same purpose and in the same context.
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I may be missing the connection in your argument. You’ve suggested that America is attempting to control the UK media, yet in this instance it appears the BBC itself chose to rearrange the order of Trump’s remarks.
Could you clarify how you see that as American influence rather than a matter of the BBC’s editorial judgment? I’d like to understand the reasoning behind your view.
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agree 100%
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I'm not the original poster of what you're quoting on me. However, while whether there's state-level control attempt on the part of the US can be open to debate, there have lately been significant commercial influences, political pressures, and cultural anxieties about the "Americanisation" of the UK's media environment. And the purported legal action by Trump can also be interpreted as being part of a pattern of trying to exploit existing dissatisfaction with the broadcaster - BBC.
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Perfect!!!! Agree! The BBC are biased too, not to be trusted with their news. There are thousands of people that do not pay for the TV licence because of it. I do not have a TV licence, but I don't watch TV now anyway.... I am led to believe the Director General has been removed!
Trump has already won cases in America over his speeches being altered. CBS I am led to believe paid out millions in an out of court settlement according to an ex American Police Officer who is a British man that moved over to America years ago and on another forum I frequent.
A member mentioned Starmer? He's another one that should be removed!
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Hands off our BBC, stick with your GB News, or should I say Reform TV.
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You have made an incorrect assumption, I don't watch that news channel either.
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If someone should be sued for lying, defamation, misrepresentation, and misinformation, it should be himself, as he's currently involved in numerous lawsuits, including those related to defamation, misrepresentation, and fraud.
Mark my words, the BBC won't pay him a penny and he knows this perfectly well.
His rant is all about distracting American people from his involvement in Epstein scandal following the newly released emails.
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It's really funny that people who watch GB News always refuse to admit that they watch it!
I know a guy who talks to me all the time about what he has watched on GB News, and when I tell him that he watches GB News too much, he all of a sudden says that he never watches it, even though he was even telling me the names of the presenters of the shows he was referring to!!
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I said I don't watch TV and I don't. That is not the case with me. Please leave it now.
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BBC = British Brainwashing Corporation. I couldn't stand to watch normal TV these days, I haven't watched normal TV in years and refuse to fund the BBC with a TV license. I prefer to get actual real news from real people, using their own voice.
Personally I find all TV fake and literal brain rot.
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Trevor, you were right to push back, people are conflating the issue and dragging it into viewing habits. The core problem is not who watches what, but the BBC’s breach of its own editorial standards.
The BBC's decision to rearrange Trump’s words is what caused the grievance. For a publicly funded broadcaster, these failings are unforgivable, when they occur, they disgrace the nation and, in this case, have triggered a diplomatic situation.
The BBC have a long record of scandals and a culture of presenting contrived narratives as fact, this is not an isolated lapse but a systemic problem. Allegations of bias have been raised for decades, and the erosion of trust is undeniable.
The BBC are the authors of their own downfall, driving viewers towards alternative channels.
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