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Evening Standard
Hannah Roberts

BBC were unwilling to listen to internal warnings about bias, says ex-presenter

BBC Broadcasting House in London (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

The BBC controversy over the editing of a speech by Donald Trump came about as the corporation was “not willing” to listen to “the recommendations of their own internal system for checking bias”, a former presenter has claimed.

Mr Trump has threatened a one billion dollar lawsuit against the corporation after it aired an episode of Panorama featuring a speech from the US president that was edited in a way critics have said is misleading.

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