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#24426105 at 2026-03-25 18:22:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29784: To The Moon To Stay Edition

British state broadcaster names ex-Google boss as new director

The ex-tech executive once defended his silicon valley employer's underpayment of tax in the UK

The BBC has announced the appointment of former Google executive Matt Brittin as its new director-general, placing the UK's state media outlet in the hands of a tech businessman with no media experience.

In a statement on Wednesday, BBC chairman Samir Shah said Brittin will take over the reins at the broadcaster in May, six months after outgoing director-general Tim Davie announced his resignation.

Brittin, who worked as Google's EMEA president from 2014 to 2024, was chosen for his "deep experience of leading a high-profile and highly-complex organisation through transformation," Shah said.

Brittin's appointment comes at a nadir for the BBC. The broadcaster is facing a $10 billion lawsuit from US President Donald Trump over a documentary that deceptively edited a speech he gave before his supporters rioted at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. During Davie's five-year tenure, the BBC has slashed its budget by 10%, been accused of both pro- and anti-Israel bias, had one of its anchors sentenced for child sex crimes, and struggled to keep its government-backed World Service outlets open.

In a speech to parliament in 2024, Davie declared that the BBC was losing the "cognitive war" to "RT and other Chinese services."

The politics-media-tech revolving door
Brittin is the first ever BBC chief without any prior experience in newspaper or broadcast media, save for joining the board of The Guardian last year. His appointment represents the continued consolidation of big tech, politics, and media across the Western world: Apart from their own algorithms controlling the reach of legacy media outlets and de-facto dictating what they can and cannot say via content guidelines, tech billionaires have bought up a number of struggling media outlets in recent years.

Amazon purchased the Washington Post for $250 million in 2013. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and his son David have acquired CBS parent company Paramount and have made a bid for Warner Brothers Discovery, which owns CNN and HBO. Other tycoons have chosen to found their own media outlets. Among them are The Republic and Arena magazine, launched by defense contractor Palantir and venture capitalist Max Meyer respectively.

https://www.rt.com/news/636191-bbc-director-brittin-google/

#23896897 at 2025-11-24 17:33:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29118: Peace On The Table, Fuck EU, Party Lines? Edition

>>23896883
>>23896872
No name tag in front of Samir Shah
The Gray man in the u.k is known as the men in black in the usa.

#23896883 at 2025-11-24 17:30:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29118: Peace On The Table, Fuck EU, Party Lines? Edition

>>23896872
Samir Shah THE BBC GUY GETTING QUESTIONED
harold shipman without a beard.
the bbc little man getting grilled.
On Monday, November 24, 2025, several senior BBC figures are testifying before the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee regarding the corporation's editorial standards and recent controversies. Michael Prescott, a former editorial adviser whose leaked memo raised concerns about the editing of a Donald Trump speech in a Panorama programme, is appearing publicly for the first time.
He is joined by BBC chairman Samir Shah, board member Sir Robbie Gibb, and fellow board member Caroline Thomson.
Former editorial adviser Caroline Daniel is also giving evidence.
The hearing follows the resignations of BBC director general Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness, and comes amid pressure over the BBC's handling of the Panorama edit, which led to a threat of a billion-dollar lawsuit from Donald Trump and an investigation by the US Federal Communications Commission.

#23896356 at 2025-11-24 14:56:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29117: GM Monday Moabs Incoming: NCSWIC Edition

10:30 AM EST
Subject: The work of the BBC
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/eba16c7b-50fe-4e0d-9e25-b1fbcc3d2174
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10:30 AM EST
British House of Commons Committee Holds Hearing on BBC Editorial Guidelines
BBC Chair Samir Shah testifies before the British House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee on the organization's editorial guidelines and standards amid a potential lawsuit from President Trump over allegedly editing his January 6 speech.
https://www.c-span.org/event/international-telecasts/british-house-of-commons-committee-holds-hearing-on-bbc-editorial-guidelines/438401

#23890708 at 2025-11-23 02:09:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29110: Expand Your Thinking. Re-Read Crumbs. Edition

>>23890690
BBC has questions to answer over edited Trump speech, MPs say
4 November 2025 - Steven McIntosh

The BBC has "serious questions to answer", a cross-party group of MPs has said, following reports that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump.

The Telegraph said it had seen an internal memo suggesting the programme edited two parts of Trump's speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021.

The House of Commons culture, media and sport committee said it had written to BBC chairman Samir Shah to ask what action is being taken over the concerns raised in the memo.

A BBC spokesperson said: "While we don't comment on leaked documents, when the BBC receives feedback it takes it seriously and considers it carefully."

Caroline Dinenage, head of the committee, said MPs "need to be reassured that those at the very top of the BBC are treating these issues with the seriousness they deserve".

She said the committee was also looking to ensure the BBC was "taking decisive steps to uphold the corporation's reputation for integrity and public trust".

"The corporation must set the benchmark for accurate and fair reporting, especially in a media landscape where it is all too easy to find news presented in a less than impartial way," she said.

Downing Street said Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and senior officials in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have received a copy of the internal memo, and have been assured by the BBC that the corporation is examining the issues it raises.

The prime minister's spokesman said: "We take any criticisms of the BBC's editorial standards very seriously and we expect the BBC to consider any feedback that they receive seriously and carefully."
'Distortion of the day's events'

The one-hour programme, Trump: A Second Chance?, was broadcast last year and was made for the BBC by independent production company October Films Ltd, which has also been approached for comment.

In his speech in Washington DC on 6 January 2021, Trump said: "We're going to walk down to the Capitol, and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women."

However, in Panorama's edit, he was shown saying: "We're going to walk down to the Capitol… and I'll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell."

The two sections of the speech that were edited together were more than 50 minutes apart.

The "fight like hell" comment was taken from a section where President Trump discussed how "corrupt" US elections were. In total, he used the words "fight" or "fighting" 20 times in the speech.

After showing the president speaking, the programme played footage of flag-waving men marching on the Capitol, the Telegraph said.

According to the leaked memo, this "created the impression President Trump's supporters had taken up his 'call to arms'". But that footage was in fact shot before the president had started speaking.

On 6 January 2021, hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, protesting about Joe Biden's election victory. Five people died in relation to the riot.

The House of Representatives accused Trump of encouraging violence with false claims of election fraud, but he was acquitted of an impeachment charge that he incited a mob to storm the Capitol.

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#23870044 at 2025-11-18 17:29:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29085: President participates in a Ceremony with the Crown Prince Edition

17 Nov, 2025 21:58
BBC 'determined to fight' billion-dollar Trump defamation suit - media
The US president has threatened to sue the broadcaster for up to $5 billion over an edited January 6 documentary


The BBC is "determined to fight" any defamation suit brought by US President Donald Trump, chairman Samir Shah said on Monday, as cited by British media outlets. Trump earlier accused the broadcaster of deceptively editing parts of his speech delivered before the 2021 Capitol Hill riot.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, the president promised that his team would sue the BBC for "anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week," despite receiving a formal apology.

This came just days after the BBC apologized for airing a documentary that edited a speech Trump gave shortly before the Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021, when supporters stormed the building during the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. The broadcaster previously admitted that the edit "gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action."

In a letter to staff seen by local media, Shah said, "there is no basis for a defamation case and we are determined to fight this."

"We are, of course, acutely aware of the privilege of our funding and the need to protect our license fee payers, the British public," he said on potential legal and settlement costs.

On Sunday, the BBC's former director general, Tony Hall, echoed the sentiment, saying the broadcaster should not pay out, given that any settlement would essentially be made with public money.

As the dispute escalated, BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness resigned. Davie acknowledged that "there have been some mistakes made," pointing to "the current debate around BBC News," though he did not directly mention Trump's criticism.

The broadcaster has also been accused of pro-Israel bias and of dehumanizing Palestinians during the Gaza war.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested last week that attempts to shield the BBC from blame are a "disgrace," adding that the British media is waging an "unprofessional and harmful" information campaign.

https://www.rt.com/news/627916-bbc-determined-fight-trump-lawsuit/

England does not have anti defamation laws that will protect the BBC. The U.S. does. The arrogance is a stupid move.

https://www.rt.com/news/627916-bbc-determined-fight-trump-lawsuit/

#23863094 at 2025-11-17 00:44:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29077: ? The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered Edition

Board Member at 'Impartial' BBC Branded Trump a 'Howling Idiot.' 1/2

PULSE POINTS

?WHAT HAPPENED: A BBC board member, Muriel Gray, described President Donald J. Trump as a "howling idiot" in social media posts before her appointment.

?WHO WAS INVOLVED: Muriel Gray, President Donald J. Trump, BBC board members, and other political figures.

?WHEN & WHERE: Posts made prior to Gray's appointment in January 2022; the BBC has been under scrutiny in recent days over manipulative coverage of President Trump.

?KEY QUOTE: Muriel Gray described President Trump as "just a howling idiot shouting into the abyss."

?IMPACT: The remarks have drawn further attention to political bias on the BBC board following its handling of a scandal involved a doctored Trump speech.

IN FULL
Muriel Gray, a member of the BBC Board and a former television presenter, is facing scrutiny over a series of social media posts she made about President Donald J. Trump before joining the corporation's governing body in January 2022. In one message posted after Joe Biden's 2020 election victory, Gray described Trump as "just a howling idiot shouting into the abyss."

Other posts from the same period referred to him as "useless" and included remarks mocking then-First Lady Melania Trump. Gray has not commented publicly since the resurfacing of the messages.The de facto state broadcaster, funded by a compulsory television license fee, is under intense scrutiny after it emerged that an edited version of Trump's January 6, 2021 speech, aired in a BBC Panorama programme, stitched together lines from different parts of the address in a way that gave the impression he urged supporters toward violence.A whistleblower revealed that the clip had been manipulated, sparking a series of reports on BBC bias.

Because televsion owners are forced to fund the broadcaster, it is required to be impartial and nonpartisan-although it is widely believed to suffer systemic left-wing bias, with successive governments doing little to rein it in.

The BBC has apologised for the doctored clip, and its India-born chairman, Samir Shah, issued a personal apology to the White House as Trump announced plans to pursue legal action, accusing the corporation of defamation.

However, a second doctored Trump clip has since surfaced, intensifying criticism of the broadcaster's editorial processes.The fallout has been sweeping. Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have both resigned, acknowledging the serious damage caused by the incident.

Left-wing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's government has signalled that political appointments to the board may be reviewed as part of an upcoming charter renewal.

#23850118 at 2025-11-13 22:46:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29062: Trust Yourself. Be Free In Your Thoughts. THE GREAT AWAKENING Edition

KEK
13 Nov, 2025 21:56
BBC sends apology letter to Trump
The UK's public broadcaster says it "sincerely regrets" deceptively editing the US president's speech

BBC sends apology letter to Trump
The BBC has said that it apologized to US President Donald Trump for broadcasting a documentary that deceptively edited the speech he gave right before the 2021 Capitol riot.

The UK's public broadcaster admitted earlier that an episode of its Panorama series shown in 2024 "gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action" to his supporters who stormed the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021.

A BBC spokesperson said Thursday night that the network's chair, Samir Shah, had sent a personal letter to the White House "making clear to President Trump that he and the corporation are sorry" and promised not to rebroadcast the documentary on any platforms.

"While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim," the spokesperson said.(leave it to the court idiots. They just had to say that. Don't the know Trump takes that as fight to start? Arrogant Brits)

Trump, who has long denied inciting the Capitol riot and has accused the media of spreading lies, threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion (?758 million) unless it apologized, retracted the documentary and compensated him. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt has described the network as a "leftist propaganda machine."

DETAILS TO FOLLOW

https://www.rt.com/news/627770-bbc-apology-letter-trump/

#23849887 at 2025-11-13 21:21:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29062: Trust Yourself. Be Free In Your Thoughts. THE GREAT AWAKENING Edition

>>23849833
MORE - BBC spokesperson adds, "While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim," and says that BBC Chair Samir Shah has also sent Trump a personal apology letter.

https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1989079358368268643

#23840357 at 2025-11-11 15:32:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29050: VETERAN'S DAY Edition

Civil war at the BBC as 'woke pro-trans staff' rebel against board, while the chairman apologises for doctored Trump video and axed exec hits back at US President's claims of 'corruption'
Civil war has broken out at the BBC today as one of the executives fired over the doctoring of a Donald Trump speech insisted the corporation remains the 'world's most trusted news provider'.
Deborah Turness, who quit as CEO of BBC News yesterday, turned up for work at Broadcasting House in London this morning and said that the corporation is not 'corrupt' as the President claims.
But less than an hour later chairman of the BBC board, Samir Shah, said the corporation would like to 'apologise for that error of judgment' over the editing of a speech by Donald Trump.
Mr Shah has admitted he may now say sorry personally to the President as it was revealed he has sent a letter threatening legal action against the BBC over a Panorama documentary released ahead of the 2024 election.
'He's a litigious fellow. So we should be prepared for all outcomes', he said.
Insiders have said some senior BBC News staff are at war with the board. Nick Robinson used the Today Programme to give a monologue where he described the board as being in a state of 'paralysis'.
Sir Keir Starmer has also backed the BBC. His spokesman said the Prime Minister does not believe it is 'institutionally biased'.
But Nigel Farage has said he has spoken to Donald Trump, who is 'absolutely enraged', with the Reform UK leader accusing the 'biased' BBC of 'election interference'.
Director General Tim Davie and Ms Turness resigned yesterday after it emerged Panorama made it seem like Trump told his supporters to go to the Capitol and 'fight like hell' on the day of the 2021 riot.
In a letter released this afternoon Mr Shah revealed there have been more than 500 complaints since the publication of an internal memo that raised concerns about the editing of the speech by Donald Trump, adding: 'We accept that the way the speech was edited did give the impression of a direct call for violent action.'
In an interview with the BBC he added that he didn't know 'yet' if Trump will now sue the BBC, adding he is now considering whether to apologise personally to the President.
He added: 'I did not want to lose Tim Davie nor did any member of the board. We were upset by the decision. My job now is to ensure a smooth transition'.
Hours earlier star presenter Nick Robinson launched into an extraordinary monologue on the Today programme that appeared to play down the impartiality scandal. He also hinted politics were at play at the top of the corporation.
But one household name at the BBC told the Daily Mail today that they are amazed that that Davie and Turness were not fired long ago given the number of scandals on their watch.
'They have both been asleep at wheel', the Daily Mail's source, a well-known TV star who asked to remain anonymous, has said, citing the way the BBC has handled Gaza and trans issues.
'Davie and Turness have failed to get a grip', they added.
They pointed to the woke direction the BBC has taken in recent years including claims it has been 'captured by a minority ideology', especially on its 'one-sided' reporting of transgender issues and Gaza.
The insider has said that Davie and Turness had consistently 'failed' to deal with the issue of impartiality at the BBC, most notably the Gaza documentary featuring the son of a Hamas official.
There was also the Huw Edwards scandal, impartial tweets from Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, the broadcast Bob Vylan's performance at Glastonbury where he chanted 'death to the IDF' and now Panorama's botched editing of a Trump speech.
Only last week there were claims that the Corporation has been 'captured by trans ideologists' and bosses were castigated for the 'absolutely mad' treatment of Martine Croxall who was rebuked when she corrected 'pregnant people' to 'women' in a script live on air.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15276275/Civil-war-BBC-woke-pro-trans-staff-rebel-against-board-axed-boss-hits-Donald-Trump-Nick-Robinson-launches-air-broadside.html

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#23840349 at 2025-11-11 15:29:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #29049: Is There a Desantis/Bush-aligned Effort to Undermine MAGA? Edition

Civil war at the BBC as 'woke pro-trans staff' rebel against board, while the chairman apologises for doctored Trump video and axed exec hits back at US President's claims of 'corruption'
Civil war has broken out at the BBC today as one of the executives fired over the doctoring of a Donald Trump speech insisted the corporation remains the 'world's most trusted news provider'.

Deborah Turness, who quit as CEO of BBC News yesterday, turned up for work at Broadcasting House in London this morning and said that the corporation is not 'corrupt' as the President claims.

But less than an hour later chairman of the BBC board, Samir Shah, said the corporation would like to 'apologise for that error of judgment' over the editing of a speech by Donald Trump.

Mr Shah has admitted he may now say sorry personally to the President as it was revealed he has sent a letter threatening legal action against the BBC over a Panorama documentary released ahead of the 2024 election.

'He's a litigious fellow. So we should be prepared for all outcomes', he said.

Insiders have said some senior BBC News staff are at war with the board. Nick Robinson used the Today Programme to give a monologue where he described the board as being in a state of 'paralysis'.

Sir Keir Starmer has also backed the BBC. His spokesman said the Prime Minister does not believe it is 'institutionally biased'.

But Nigel Farage has said he has spoken to Donald Trump, who is 'absolutely enraged', with the Reform UK leader accusing the 'biased' BBC of 'election interference'.

Director General Tim Davie and Ms Turness resigned yesterday after it emerged Panorama made it seem like Trump told his supporters to go to the Capitol and 'fight like hell' on the day of the 2021 riot.

In a letter released this afternoon Mr Shah revealed there have been more than 500 complaints since the publication of an internal memo that raised concerns about the editing of the speech by Donald Trump, adding: 'We accept that the way the speech was edited did give the impression of a direct call for violent action.'

In an interview with the BBC he added that he didn't know 'yet' if Trump will now sue the BBC, adding he is now considering whether to apologise personally to the President.

He added: 'I did not want to lose Tim Davie nor did any member of the board. We were upset by the decision. My job now is to ensure a smooth transition'.

Hours earlier star presenter Nick Robinson launched into an extraordinary monologue on the Today programme that appeared to play down the impartiality scandal. He also hinted politics were at play at the top of the corporation.

But one household name at the BBC told the Daily Mail today that they are amazed that that Davie and Turness were not fired long ago given the number of scandals on their watch.

'They have both been asleep at wheel', the Daily Mail's source, a well-known TV star who asked to remain anonymous, has said, citing the way the BBC has handled Gaza and trans issues.

'Davie and Turness have failed to get a grip', they added.

They pointed to the woke direction the BBC has taken in recent years including claims it has been 'captured by a minority ideology', especially on its 'one-sided' reporting of transgender issues and Gaza.

The insider has said that Davie and Turness had consistently 'failed' to deal with the issue of impartiality at the BBC, most notably the Gaza documentary featuring the son of a Hamas official.

There was also the Huw Edwards scandal, impartial tweets from Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, the broadcast Bob Vylan's performance at Glastonbury where he chanted 'death to the IDF' and now Panorama's botched editing of a Trump speech.

Only last week there were claims that the Corporation has been 'captured by trans ideologists' and bosses were castigated for the 'absolutely mad' treatment of Martine Croxall who was rebuked when she corrected 'pregnant people' to 'women' in a script live on air.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15276275/Civil-war-BBC-woke-pro-trans-staff-rebel-against-board-axed-boss-hits-Donald-Trump-Nick-Robinson-launches-air-broadside.html

#22700241 at 2025-03-04 18:47:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27733: Melania Tuesday DUB DUB Thank You POTUS Edition

Pedophiles always get special treatment from leaders!

Huw Edwards has still not paid back any salary he pocketed from the BBC despite calls to return it after his conviction over child abuse images

Disgraced broadcaster Huw Edwards has been 'unwilling' to pay back the ?200,000 salary he pocketed between his arrest and resignation, a BBC top boss has revealed.

Chairman Samir Shah admitted today that the corporation has not been able to recover any salary as yet from the former BBC star, who was convicted of downloading child sex abuse images last year, and described the situation as 'quite frustrating'.

Last year, Edwards, 63, was handed a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, after he admitted to having indecent images of children.

After his guilty plea in July, the BBC asked him to return his salary, which he was paid during the period following his arrest in November 2023 until he resigned in April 2024.

Asked if they have been able to recover any salary from Edwards during the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday, Dr Shah said: 'We have not… We've obviously asked, and we've said it many times, but he seems unwilling.

'There was a moment that we thought that he might just do the right thing for a change, then he decided not to.'

He added: 'It's quite frustrating this, really, because I think he should have done it. He could still do it.

'It's not right. He's taken licence fee payers' money and he knew what he'd done and he should return it now.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14459961/Huw-Edwards-salary-BBC-convicted-indecent-images-children.html