Whistleblower Accuses BBC of Doctoring Trump Speech and Ignoring Complaints About Overt Bias in 19-Page Letter
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been accused of manipulating a January 6, 2021, speech by former President donald Trump, according to an internal whistleblower memo. The 19-page document, seen by the Daily Telegraph, alleges that the BBC deliberately edited the speech to mislead viewers by omitting Trump’s calls for peace on that day and by splicing together statements from different parts of the speech to create a false impression. This controversy emerged shortly before the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The whistleblower also claims that BBC executives and the network’s chairman ignored complaints from their own standards team about this biased coverage. The memo has been circulated within UK government departments and sent to all BBC Board members.
Donald Trump Jr. criticized the BBC on social media, labeling it “fake news,” while other public figures, including Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and former BBC host Liz kershaw, expressed concerns about bias within the corporation. UK Member of Parliament Caroline Dinenage highlighted the seriousness of the allegations, stressing the BBC’s responsibility to report impartially given declining public trust. The telegraph plans to release further details from the memo, including allegations of BBC bias on coverage of Gaza and transgender issues.
The British Broadcasting Corporation has been accused of doctoring a speech by President Donald Trump from Jan. 6, 2021, just before the Capitol incursion, according to an internal whistleblower memo.
The document, viewed by the London-based Daily Telegraph, claimed the BBC “completely misled” viewers by omitting Trump’s remarks about keeping things peaceful that day.
The 19-page dossier stated that the network had broadcast the “mangled” clip just one week before the 2024 presidential election.
The report was put together by a “recent member of the corporation’s standards committee and is now circulating in government departments,” The Telegraph reported.
The dossier claimed the BBC made it appear as if Trump was saying things he never actually said, “by splicing together footage from the start of his speech with something he said nearly an hour later.”
The whistleblower also accused senior executives and the network’s chairman of ignoring complaints from their own standards team, and sent copies of the letter to every member of the BBC’s Board in October.
The president’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., reacted to the story on the social media platform X, branding the BBC as “fake news,” while linking back to the Telegraph piece.
“The FAKE NEWS ‘reporters’ in the UK are just as dishonest and full of s*** as the ones here in America!!!!” Trump Jr. wrote.
The Telegraph is expected to publish more excerpts from the memo, highlighting BBC’s bias over its coverage of Gaza, as well as censorship practices related to transgender issues.
The Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage said, “It’s no wonder that fewer people are paying the BBC license fee every single year.”
Former BBC radio host Liz Kershaw added on X that, “This is no surprise to me. I presented News and Current Affairs programmes on the @BBCNews on 4 stations from 1993 to 2011. The biased groupthink among its journalists was outrageous and had to be fought and rebalanced every day.”
This is no surprise to me. I presented News and Current Affairs programmes on the @BBCNews on 4 stations from 1993 to 2011. The biased group think among its journalists was outrageous and had to be fought and rebalanced every day.
Exclusive: BBC ‘doctored’ #Trump @POTUS speech,…— Liz Kershaw (@LizKershawDJ) November 3, 2025
Member of parliament Caroline Dinenage, who chairs the Commons culture, media, and sport select committee, said, “At a time when trust in both politics and mainstream media is so low, our state broadcaster has an additional responsibility to ensure that it reports contentious and potentially inflammatory issues with a straight bat.”
She added, “These allegations are extremely worrying and come at a critical time for the BBC. The DCMS committee will meet tomorrow and will no doubt discuss the implications of this.”
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