{"id":26594,"date":"2026-03-05T03:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/side-by-side-comparison-of-bbc-edited-trump-speech-from-day-of-capitol-attack-with-original\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T03:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:35:27","slug":"side-by-side-comparison-of-bbc-edited-trump-speech-from-day-of-capitol-attack-with-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/side-by-side-comparison-of-bbc-edited-trump-speech-from-day-of-capitol-attack-with-original\/","title":{"rendered":"Side-by-side comparison of BBC-edited Trump speech from day of Capitol attack with original"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jg7CnaYM83s?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>A comparison of the original and edited footage shows how the BBC selectively edited a Donald Trump speech, resulting in the organisation being accused of making it appear clearer that he encouraged the US Capitol attack.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>An edition of Panorama, broadcast a week before the 2024 US election, spliced together clips of a Trump speech made on 6 January 2021. The spliced clip suggested that Trump told the crowd: &#8216;We\u2019re going to walk down to the Capitol and I\u2019ll be there with you, and we fight. We fight like hell.&#8217; The words were taken from sections of his speech almost an hour apart. Tim Davie, the BBC\u2019s director general, and the head of BBC News have since resigned <\/p>\n<p>BBC accused of selectively editing Trump clip from day of Capitol attack \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/nov\/03\/bbc-accused-selectively-editing-trump-clip-capitol-attack<\/p>\n<p>Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of \u2018serious and systemic\u2019 bias in coverage \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/nov\/09\/tim-davie-expected-to-resign-bbc-director-general<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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