Split Thread BBC news reporting

[P.J. Denyer]

Assuming I've not cocked-up the link, here is Robin's 'letter' on his Instagram page.

A question that comes to mind is, what will Brian Cox do? Carry on as normal with a new partner (Dara O'Briain?) or resign as well? The latter would cause problems with his other Beeb programmes.

I don't think it necessarily would, if Cox were to say that he just feels it was a partnership and so it's time from his point of view to bring it to an end rather than start afresh with a new co-host I suspect the BBC would happily let it drop (and if they choose resume with all new hosts as they did with Top Gear). If he involves him self in the reasons for Robin's departure then it's likely to become more awkward.

 

[arthwollipot]

Assuming I've not cocked-up the link, here is Robin's 'letter' on his Instagram page.

A question that comes to mind is, what will Brian Cox do? Carry on as normal with a new partner (Dara O'Briain?) or resign as well? The latter would cause problems with his other Beeb programmes.

Considering Cox is married to an anti-trans activist, I doubt that he's going to be quitting.

 

[Planigale]

Comparing the corruption of the current Labour government with that of the previous Tory one is like comparing an ice cube with an iceberg.

In which case the SNP government must be Uranus!

 

[Matthew Best]

Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of his 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary.
Trump has requested billions of dollars in damages, according to court documents filed in Florida.

I'm no lawyer but I can't see how this gets anywhere.

 

[a_unique_person]

Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of his 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary.
Trump has requested billions of dollars in damages, according to court documents filed in Florida.

I'm no lawyer but I can't see how this gets anywhere.

According to Fox News.

Trump files 'powerhouse' $10 billion lawsuit against BBC over documentary editing his Jan 6 remarks​

'Trump’s powerhouse lawsuit is holding the BBC accountable for its defamation and reckless election interference,' spox says​

It's a slam dunk powerhouse lawsuit.

 

[Planigale]

Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of his 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary.
Trump has requested billions of dollars in damages, according to court documents filed in Florida.

I'm no lawyer but I can't see how this gets anywhere.

Usually the intent is to get an out of court settlement, the BBC insurers may feel settling for <1% of the claim is better than the risk of losing the case and less than the cost of successfully defending the case given the difficulty of recovering costs even if defending a case brought by the POTUS in his home state court was successful. The claim is for $5,000,000,000 previous cases against US media organisations include a $15 million settlement from ABC and $16 million from CBS’s parent company, Paramount. These settlements occurred despite many legal experts considering the underlying claims to have limited merit. It is likely Trump would settle for around that price $15,000,000 only 0.3% of the claim. His lawyers would likely get $5,000,000 and Trump $10,000,000. A reasonable profit for little risk. The cost of successful defence would likely be around that.

 

[Pixel42]

Damn, I was hoping he'd forgotten about that.

 

[a_unique_person]

That documentary goes for about an hour. The edit was about one minute. Can we assume he accepts the rest of it factual.

 

[Planigale]

That documentary goes for about an hour. The edit was about one minute. Can we assume he accepts the rest of it factual.

Trump's only interest is if he can turn a profit. The only question is how low a profit he will accept. His experience is that insurers will settle out of court rather than risk the uncertainty and costs of litigation.

 

[Planigale]

An american litigation lawyer interviewed on BBC quoted a figure of up to $100, 000,000 to defend the case, and thought Trump would settle for $10,000,000, 10% of the cost of winning the case.

The BBC may try and fight the jurisdictional issue, which will be significantly cheaper than litigating the defamation, but if they lose that my guess is they'll settle out of court.

 

[Andy_Ross]

That documentary goes for about an hour. The edit was about one minute. Can we assume he accepts the rest of it factual.

He says the BBC used AI to out words in his mouth he never said.

I hope he goes to court with that.

 

[a_unique_person]

He says the BBC used AI to out words in his mouth he never said.

I hope he goes to court with that.

He said everything that's on that recording. That's 100% certain.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

So in those ten years, the supposed “government-controlled” BBC (your claim for those keeping up) became a “liberal cult” (your claim again, voiced by Allison Pearson) run by “po-faced Maoists” (again, your claim) under a Tory government?

Do you see how maybe your analysis is about as laser-focused as explosive diarrhea?

Well the Maoist thing is kind of plausible, given that Call me Dave, the Maybot and the Clown introduced a lot of former RCP members into government. It's just a pity that Maoists generally veer hard to the far right when sniffing power.

 

[a_unique_person]

An american litigation lawyer interviewed on BBC quoted a figure of up to $100, 000,000 to defend the case, and thought Trump would settle for $10,000,000, 10% of the cost of winning the case.

The BBC may try and fight the jurisdictional issue, which will be significantly cheaper than litigating the defamation, but if they lose that my guess is they'll settle out of court.

In all the cases that have been settled it was politically expedient to settle. No one wants to get on his wrong side and defeat him. Anything would be an option for his revenge.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

In all the cases that have been settled it was politically expedient to settle. No one wants to get on his wrong side and defeat him. Anything would be an option for his revenge.

If the BBC take it to court & beat him we'd better prepare for an invasion fleet.

 

[angrysoba]

Well the Maoist thing is kind of plausible, given that Call me Dave, the Maybot and the Clown introduced a lot of former RCP members into government. It's just a pity that Maoists generally veer hard to the far right when sniffing power.

Most of them belong to Spiked now, don't they? And I thought most of the RCP were Trotskyists, no? Who did they bring into government?

 

[smartcooky]

Trump's only interest is if he can turn a profit. The only question is how low a profit he will accept. His experience is that insurers will settle out of court rather than risk the uncertainty and costs of litigation.

This is how he has always operated in his real estate businesses. He would short-pay contractors by just enough that it would cost them more than its worth to sue for the rest.

I read somewhere years ago that NY contractors knew the game well enough that they would hike their prices to The Fat Orange Prolapsed Anus to allow for the short payments.

 

[Andy_Ross]

On Twitter all the British Patriots and Gammons are wanking themselves in to a coma over the prospect of the BBC being destroyed and bankrupted by Donald.

 

[a_unique_person]

Most of them belong to Spiked now, don't they? And I thought most of the RCP were Trotskyists, no? Who did they bring into government?

I think Spiked and RCP are a false flag operation working to undermine capitalism by getting the worst conservative politicians elected.

 

[Andy_Ross]

An example

Kelvin MacKenzie
@kelvmackenzie
Good news. The BBC stands a good chance of going bust now Trump has issued a $10billion lawsuit ( £7.4bn) through a Florida court for editing his speech to make it look like he encouraged the Capitol Hill riots.
His claim for defamation is twice the BBC’s annual income and I doubt there’s a single viewer who would be prepared to stump up for their money to cross the pond.
The scandal has already cost Tim Davie and the Head of News their jobs and it would be sad if 22,000 others employees would follow them.
The old mantra Go Woke, Go Broke does seem to come into play here