The BBC has apologized to Donald Trump for the controversial Panorama episode in which parts of the US president's speech were edited, but rejected his demands for compensation.
It also noted that it will not rebroadcast the documentary "Trump: A Second Chance?" on any of its platforms.
A BBC spokesman confirmed that the network's lawyers had sent a letter to President Trump's legal team in response to a letter they received on Sunday.
Days ago, Trump's side threatened the BBC with a lawsuit for $1 billion in damages unless the network retracted, apologized, and compensated the American president.
The BBC received the letter from Trump's lawyers on Sunday, demanding a "full and fair retraction" of the documentary, an apology and "appropriate compensation from President Trump for the harm caused." It set a deadline of Friday at 22:00 GMT (00:00 Saturday in Greece) for the organization to respond.
Just today, the Daily Telegraph revealed a second similarly edited video that was broadcast on Newsnight in 2022.
These are two of the BBC's main news programs.
Meanwhile, BBC Chairman Samir Shah sent a personal letter to the White House, in which he made it clear to President Trump that both he and the organization regretted the editing of the president's speech from January 6, 2021, which was broadcast on the program.
In his speech on January 6, 2021, Trump said, “We will march on Capitol Hill and cheer on our brave senators and congressmen.” More than 50 minutes later in the same speech, he said, “And we will fight. We will fight with all our might.”
On Panorama, the video shows Trump saying: "We're going down to the Capitol... and I'll be there with you. And we're going to fight. We're going to fight with all our might."
Speaking on Fox News, Trump said his controversial speech had been "ruined" and that the way it was presented "misled" viewers.
The scandal led to the resignation of BBC director general Tim Davies and head of news Deborah Turnes.
Source: protothema.gr
