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The BBC has defended itself against President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit, arguing that its documentary was fair and “substantially true” despite a misleading edit. In legal filings submitted to a U.S. court, the broadcaster asserted that the program was a legitimate work of journalism protected by the First Amendment. The BBC acknowledged that a scene at a pardoned sex offender’s party was spliced from two different locations during the documentary’s production, but maintained that this editing choice did not alter the overall accuracy or context of the reporting. The lawsuit centers on the 2020 documentary “Trump: The American Dream?”
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