The BBC has made edits to its flagship Reith lecture series, this year delivered by Trump-hating Dutch author Rutger Bregman. His lectures caused outrage across the pond for their attacks on the US President amid the BBC bias row…
Bregman has taken to X to complain that the BBC has edited out a line his lecture in which he describes Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history” in the version uploaded to iPlayer. He “was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC”…
According to a source present at the recording of the lecture – delivered to around 500 guests – the BBC has also deleted a section in which Bregman thanked the BBC team for helping him with the text. This runs counter to the BBC’s excuse that “the views expressed are always those of the speaker, not the BBC, and they are discussed and challenged after the lecture.” Trump-critical answers to audience questions have also been edited out. Splice yourself into a mess, splice yourself out of it?
