Footage of a Donald Trump speech was doctored by the BBC a second time as editorial staff ignored concerns about it.
The footage was broadcast on an episode of Newsnight in 2022, and suggested that Mr Trump was encouraging his supporters to riot, reports The Telegraph.
A former White House chief of staff accused the BBC on air of “splicing” the footage, however his concerns were ignored by Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark.
Now, an insider has told The Telegraph a further discussion the day after the broadcast was quickly shut down.
In the Newsnight segment, broadcast on June 9, 2022, showed Mr Trump appearing to say: “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 anymore.”
This links two separate sentences to suggest that Trump was directly telling his supporters to act violently
What Mr Trump actually told his supporters was: “Now, it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you, we’re going to walk down, we’re going to walk down.
“Anyone you want, but I think right here, we’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them.”
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