BBC Deputy Director-General Says ‘A Lot Has Changed’ After Editing Error That Triggered Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit: We’re in a ‘Much Stronger Place’

Nov 3, 2026 8:11am PT BBC Deputy Director-General Says ‘A Lot Has Changed’ After Editing Error That Triggered Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit: We’re in a ‘Much Stronger Place’

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Speaking about an editing error that triggered a $10 billion defamation lawsuit pursued by President Donald Trump against the BBC, the broadcaster’s deputy director-general Rhodri Talfan-Davies said Tuesday that “a lot has changed since then.”

Talfan-Davies said there were two issues about the BBC’s handling of the controversial episode of investigative show “Panorama.” “One was the actual edit itself, and second, and I think probably more profound in the end, was the BBC’s sluggishness in its response,” he told Variety at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch.

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