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https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/bbc-pre-edits-lecture-calling-trump-most-openly-corrupt-president/>
"The
BBC is now voluntarily suppressing criticism of Donald Trump before it
airs—and the reason is obvious: Trump threatened to sue them into oblivion, and
they blinked.
Historian Rutger Bregman revealed this week that the
BBC commissioned a
public lecture from him last month, recorded it, then quietly cut a single
sentence before broadcast. The deleted line? Calling Trump “the most openly
corrupt president in American history.” Bregman posted about the capitulation,
noting that the decision came from “the highest levels” of the
BBC—meaning
the executives dealing with Trump’s threats.
Well, at least we should call out Donald Trump as the most openly censorial
president in American history."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
