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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke and Nicole Wootton-Cane

BBC ‘too slow’ responding to Panorama Trump edit as senior staff dismiss reports of a coup

BBC officials were “too slow” to act over a Panorama edit that appeared to show US president Donald Trump inciting violence, its chairman has said.

Appearing in front of the Commons culture, media and sport committee on Monday, Samir Shah said in hindsight the corporation should have apologised earlier for the edit, which spliced clips of Mr Trump’s speech together to look as if he had told supporters he was going to walk to the US Capitol with them to “fight like hell”.

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