The British Broadcasting Corporation is facing growing outrage after a leaked internal dossier accused it of manipulating Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech in a 2024 “Panorama” documentary. The report says the BBC cut and rearranged Trump’s words to make it appear he was calling for violence at the U.S. Capitol.

The 19-page dossier, written by Michael Prescott, a former advisor to the network’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee, detailed bias across the BBC’s political coverage. Senior officials reportedly ignored the concerns, while unnamed managers refused to acknowledge that a “breach of standards” had occurred.

“The spliced together version of Trump’s comments aired by Panorama made it seem that he said: ‘We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not gonna have a country anymore,’” the dossier stated.

A BBC spokesperson responded, “While we don’t comment on leaked documents, when the BBC receives feedback it takes it seriously and considers it carefully. Michael Prescott is a former adviser to a board committee where differing views and opinions of our coverage are routinely discussed and debated.”

But a transcript of Trump’s actual remarks tells a very different story.

“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women,” Trump said, according to an official transcript published by NPR.

The difference was not minor — it was deliberate editing. Telegraph associate editor Gordon Rayner reviewed the footage and explained how the BBC combined two separate moments nearly an hour apart.

“Trump didn’t, in fact, say this at all,” Rayner said in a video explaining the cuts. “The BBC spliced together two clips that took place 54 minutes apart.”

Rayner showed that the first clip aired by the BBC occurred at 12:16 p.m. Eastern time, while the second was from 1:10 p.m., misleadingly merged to sound like a single statement.

“It wasn’t until nearly an hour later that he then said the second part of the BBC’s version,” Rayner said.

The report also connects this latest scandal to a wider pattern of bias within major media organizations. According to the dossier, BBC editors have repeatedly blurred lines between reporting and activism, especially in stories related to Trump, Israel, and cultural issues.

White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson condemned the manipulation.

“Trust in the media is at an all-time low because of deceptive editing, misleading reporting, and outright lies,” Jackson said. “This is yet another example, of many, highlighting why countless Americans turn to alternative media sources to get their news.”

The controversy follows a string of high-profile media settlements involving Trump. Last December, ABC paid $15 million to settle a defamation suit after George Stephanopoulos falsely claimed Trump had been found “liable for rape.” Earlier this year, Paramount reached a $10 billion settlement after “60 Minutes” edited an interview with then–Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign.

The BBC has faced similar criticism for years, particularly for its coverage of Israel and its censorship of debates around gender and free speech. The Telegraph said it will release additional excerpts from Prescott’s dossier, which alleges systematic editorial bias throughout the network.

For Trump, this latest revelation adds to his long-running argument that global media outlets are working to distort his words and damage his credibility. The leaked report appears to support that claim, showing yet again how easily truth can be twisted for political gain.