Two years before Panorama, BBC Newsnight spliced a clip to make it appear as if Donald Trump incited his supporters to riot

The BBC is facing renewed scrutiny after reports emerged that its Newsnight programme edited footage of Donald Trump’s 6 January 2021 speech in a way that made it appear he directly incited his supporters to riot, a claim the BBC is now investigating.

Revelations about the BBC Newsnight edit follow that of a similar edit in a 2024 BBC Panorama documentary, which led to the resignations of BBC Director General Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness. As explained in The Telegraph’s video below, the Panorama combined a statement in Mr. Trump’s speech about walking to the Capitol with a later remark about fighting, which was made 54 minutes after the initial call to march.

Two years before the Panorama documentary, on 9 June 2022, BBC Newsnight aired a similar clip as part of a report by Kirsty Wark. As with Panorama, Newsnight spliced the clip from parts of Mr. Trump’s speech which were 54 minutes apart to make it appear that Trump said, “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol and we’re gonna cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women – and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell you aren’t gonna have a country any more.” And the footage then cuts immediately to scenes of people fighting....<<<Read More>>>...