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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

US watchdog led by Trump ally investigates BBC Panorama edit of January 6 speech

BBC logo displayed above the entrance of Broadcasting House in London with people entering the building
The BBC has apologised for splicing two clips of a speech Trump made before the Capitol riots in January 2021. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

A US media regulator led by a close ally of Donald Trump is examining whether an edition of the BBC’s Panorama broke US regulations in the way it edited one of the president’s speeches.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by Brendan Carr, has written to the BBC’s outgoing director general, Tim Davie, asking whether the programme was ever aired in the US.

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