Overview
- The internal dossier alleges Panorama spliced lines from parts of President Donald Trump’s speech nearly an hour apart to create a seamless quote suggesting a call to “fight like hell” immediately after urging supporters to walk to the Capitol.
- The edit omitted Trump’s call for supporters to “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard,” according to the memo.
- The contested segment aired in an October 2024 Panorama special titled “Trump: A Second Chance?” broadcast a week before the U.S. election.
- The memo also contends the programme used footage of marchers filmed before Trump spoke in a way that implied they were responding to his remarks.
- Author Michael Prescott, a former independent adviser to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee, sent the 19-page report to the BBC Board; the BBC declined to comment on leaked documents but said it takes feedback seriously, while a Telegraph journalist told GB News the White House is reviewing the footage with no official investigation announced.