Trump is threatening to sue the BBC (Image: Getty)
Former BBC Radio star Lee Harris has said it is the “beginning of the end” for the BBC licence fee as US president Donald Trump threatens to sue the broadcaster over doctored footage of his speech. The BBC spliced together parts of a speech about the Capitol riots in 2021, which appeared to show the president calling for his supporters to “fight” – but it misrepresented what he said.
The BBC has apologised for how it edited its Panorama programme and said it would not be shown again. Trump said in the speech: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.” The words “And we fight. We fight like hell” actually came more than 50 minutes afterward in the speech.
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But the edited footage showed him saying: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol… and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.”
Now Harris, who also appears on GB News, has tweeted: “I’m not going to lie, I want Trump to financially destroy the BBC so comprehensively that it can’t survive in its current form. We are witnessing the beginning of the end of the licence fee… And I’m enjoying every single moment of it.”
Lee Harris welcomes the ‘beginning of the end’ for the BBC (Image: GB News)
He added: “People keep ludicrously implying that it’s ‘patriotic’ to support the BBC after they edited Donald Trump’s speeches. Really?
“I can tell you one thing for sure. Donald Trump loves our country FAR more than the British-hating BBC.”
Later tweeting: “If Trump’s lawsuit financially dismantles the BBC in its current form and frees the British people from the unfair and antiquated licence fee, he should be given an honorary knighthood.”
