Former BBC advisor Michael Prescott has accused the BBC’s Panorama of misleading viewers by editing separate parts of Donald Trump’s January 6 speech together, making it seem as though he directly urged supporters to storm the Capitol.

A leaked memo from Prescott alleges senior BBC executives ignored serious complaints from the internal standards watchdog

Critics, including the shadow culture secretary, have called for an immediate investigation, warning that the alleged manipulation could undermine trust in the BBC

The BBC has been accused of editing a Donald Trump speech to make it appear as though he encouraged the Capitol Hill riot in 2021, according to a former external advisor to the corporation.

In a clip from a Panorama programme, broadcast before the election, Trump appears to tell supporters: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol…and I’ll be there with you. And we fight, we fight like hell.”

But the words were taken from different sections of his speech, nearly an hour apart.

In the original footage, his language is more restrained: “We’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women,” adding his supporters will march “peacefully and patriotically” to make their voices heard.

The concerns were raised in a memo by former journalist Michael Prescott, who was also an independent external advisor to the BBC’s standards committee. He left his role in the summer.

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