The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) program “Panorama” allegedly misled viewers by airing an edited version of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech in 2024 calling for his supporters to protest Congress certifying the electoral votes for the 2020 election, The Telegraph reported Monday.
The 19-page dossier, authored by Michael Prescott, a former external advisor to the network’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee, detailed bias in the state-supported broadcaster’s coverage of multiple issues, according to The Telegraph. Senior officials at the BBC have reportedly not responded to the concerns raised in the dossier, while unidentified “managers” refused to admit that “a breach of standards” occurred, The Telegraph reported.
“The spliced together version of Trump’s comments aired by Panorama made it seem that he said: ‘We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not gonna have a country anymore,’” the dossier stated about “Panorama’s” depiction of Trump’s address on the Ellipse of the White House.
“While we don’t comment on leaked documents, when the BBC receives feedback it takes it seriously and considers it carefully,” a BBC spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Michael Prescott is a former adviser to a board committee where differing views and opinions of our coverage are routinely discussed and debated.”
WATCH:
Trump’s actual remarks were far different than what aired on the BBC program, according to a transcript of the speech on NPR’s website..
“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women,” Trump said, according to the transcript.
Telegraph associate editor Gordon Rayner broke down how the video was edited to present the appearance that Trump endorsed the riot in a video posted by the newspaper on YouTube in which he held up a copy of the dossier, noting that the first part of the statement the BBC aired took place at 12:16 p.m. Eastern time.
“Trump didn’t, in fact, say this at all,” Rayner said in the video after replaying the BBC’s clip. “The BBC spliced together two clips that took place 54 minutes apart.”
“It wasn’t until nearly an hour later that he then said the second part of the BBC’s version,” Rayner added later after playing the clip and demonstrating the cut. Rayner then fast-forwarded, showing that the second part of the clip the BBC aired was from remarks made at 1:10 p.m. Eastern time.
“Trust in the media is at an all-time low because of deceptive editing, misleading reporting, and outright lies,” White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson told the DCNF. “This is yet another example, of many, highlighting why countless Americans turn to alternative media sources to get their news.”
Trump has won settlements from media outlets over their coverage of him. He secured a $15 million settlement with ABC in December 2024 after he sued the outlet on March 19, 2024, for defamation over “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos falsely saying Trump was found “liable for rape” during a contentious March 10, 2024, appearance by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina.
An internal BBC whistleblower memo seen by The Telegraph says a Panorama programme “completely misled” viewers by editing @realDonaldTrump‘s speech to make it seem like he encouraged the Capitol riot
Full details and video from Gordon Rayner here ⬇️https://t.co/NUVYDQkjJH pic.twitter.com/n6P92DAIjh
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 3, 2025
An internal BBC whistleblower memo seen by The Telegraph says a Panorama programme “completely misled” viewers by editing Paramount announced it had settled a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Trump over the editing of an October 2024 interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, who was Trump’s opponent in the 2024 presidential election, on “60 Minutes” on July 2.
The BBC also came under fire for its Arabic-language reporting on the Israeli operations in Gaza following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by the radical Islamic terrorist group Hamas that killed over 1,200 people in Israel, and for “censorship” on coverage of transgender issues. The Telegraph’s report stated it would be publishing further excerpts from the dossier.
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