US EditionReith Lecturer Accuses BBC of Censoring His Speech by Removing Line About Trump
The BBC cited legal advice to remove a comment describing Donald Trump as corrupt from Rutger Bregman's lecture, amid ongoing concerns about censorship and legal risks.
- The BBC removed a sentence from a lecture by Bregman that described Donald Trump as the most openly corrupt president in American history after legal advice.
- Bregman said the decision by the BBC leadership to censor his speech is serious and concerning for free expression.
- A BBC spokesperson said the sentence was removed to comply with editorial guidelines on legal advice.
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A Dutch historian described Trump as "the most openly corrupt president of American history", but the phrase was cut off from his poster transmitted by BBC.
BBC accused of censoring Trump line from historian's lecture
Author and historian Rutger Bregman has said “the irony could not be bigger” as he accused the BBC of censoring a sentence about Donald Trump in a lecture he gave. Dutch academic Bregman said the corporation removed a line from the broadcast of his Reith Lecture, titled A Time Of Monsters, in which he described Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history”. It comes in the wake of controversy at the corporation after the US pr…
In the speech, broadcast by the BBC, the Dutch writer sharply criticized the president. The broadcaster says it removed the sentence after seeking legal advice.
BBC stumbles into yet another Trump censorship row
It appears that the BBC has reached a new low. Popular author and educator Rutger Bregman has accused the broadcaster of censoring his first Reith lecture, by removing a line naming Donald Trump as the most corrupt president in US history. Bregman is the author of books including ‘Humankind: A Hopeful History’ and ‘Utopia for Realists’. He has written for the Washington Post, the Conversation and the Guardian, among other accomplishments. Some o…
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