Donald Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion over a Panorama documentary that included a misleadingly edited clip of his January 6, 2021 speech. The BBC admitted that the footage was misleading because it clipped together two parts of Trump’s speech that were actually 50 minutes apart, according to theconversation.com. Two BBC executives resigned following the broadcast of the episode, according to theconversation.com.

Trump described the BBC documentary as false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious. In a separate tweet, Trump referred to the media as the 'real enemy of the people', according to theweek.com. Chris Cuomo of CNN interpreted Trump’s tweet as an admission that he hates his country, and said Trump’s stance is against the values of America. Cuomo also stated that America was formed in defiance of strongmen, bullies, and the idea that might makes right, and that a free press is a metaphor for what makes America great, according to theweek.com.

Michael Popok, a national trial lawyer and host of the 'Legal AF' podcast, said Trump’s litigation strategy is having negative consequences for him, according to rawstory.com.

The BBC was founded in 1922 as a radio service to 'inform, educate and entertain', according to apnews.com. The BBC launched the world’s first regularly scheduled television service in 1936 and helped make TV a mass medium when many Britons bought a TV set specifically to watch the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, according to apnews.com. The BBC operates 15 U.K. services, according to apnews.com.