Overview
- BBC chair Samir Shah is due to respond to Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Monday, with an apology widely expected over the contested edit.
- The White House, via press secretary Karoline Leavitt, denounced the broadcaster as “100% fake news” and a “leftist propaganda machine.”
- The Panorama film spliced two parts of President Trump’s January 6, 2021 remarks, pairing “fight like hell” with a promise to walk to the Capitol while omitting his call to act “peacefully and patriotically,” according to the leaked assessment.
- Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy called the allegations “incredibly serious” but rejected the White House’s blanket label and said she has confidence in BBC leadership.
- The programme, aired the week before the 2024 US election and produced by external company October Films, is cited in a memo that also raises concerns about BBC News Arabic’s Gaza coverage; the BBC says it takes feedback seriously but does not comment on leaks.