Because clearly what licence payers really wanted was a front-row seat to an international defamation trial.
📺 The Beeb’s “Oopsie” Heard Round the World
So, let’s recap: the BBC—our beloved bastion of “impartial” journalism, funded by that sweet involuntary TV tax—decides to Frankenstein two separate Trump clips into a single war-thirsty soundbite. Then when the internet predictably explodes like a dodgy microwave burrito, they slap on a sticker that says “Oops! Editing error!” and carry on like they didn’t just fan the flames of geopolitical drama.
Their defence?
“It only aired in the UK.”
Ah yes, because the UK is famously isolated from the internet. No TikTok. No YouTube. No global media. Just tea, crumpets, and the Queen’s ghost buffering in 240p.
Let’s be real: once it’s on a screen in Croydon, it’s in a timeline in Kansas, a meme in Manila, and probably a conspiracy theory in Canberra by lunchtime. The BBC knows this. We know this. The dog next door with the cone on its head knows this.
But now, rather than issuing a proper, public correction (maybe with a touch of actual remorse), they’re lawyering up on your dime.
Yes, you—the licence payer. The one who gets fined for watching BBC iPlayer without their Orwellian permission slip. You’re now funding their legal crusade against Trump.
Love or loathe the man, that’s not journalism—that’s spin with legal bills attached. And you’re footing them.
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Challenges
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How is it that the BBC can misrepresent a world leader on a global scale, pass it off as a harmless blooper, and still expect us to pay for their courtroom costs? Do they think you’re too distracted by Strictly to notice? Tell us in the blog comments—not just Twitter. 🧨💬
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