BBC Denies Bias in Trump Lawsuit, Offers 4-Hour Special Called ‘Trump: The Orange Menace’
The BBC denies political bias after being sued by Donald Trump, announcing a four-hour documentary examining the former US president.
LONDON — The BBC has fiercely rejected claims of political bias following former U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to sue the broadcaster for “relentless defamation.” The lawsuit, filed in a court Trump insists is “totally real, very legal,” alleges the BBC engaged in a years-long campaign to portray him as “a volatile creamsicle with nuclear access.”
In a move designed to demonstrate its editorial impartiality, the BBC announced a four-hour primetime special titled Trump: The Orange Menace, described internally as a “nuanced, kaleidoscopic psychological autopsy of the President.”
The special, narrated by Dame Judi Dench, features interviews with a rotating cast of “concerned academics,” and several people who once stood near Trump Tower and “felt bad vibes.”
When pressed about the timing and tone of the programme, BBC spokesperson Clive Butterworth responded:
“We categorically deny any bias. This programme was produced by our award-winning ‘Unbiased Investigative Unit,’ the same team behind Putin: Just Misunderstood? and Meghan Markle: The Girl Who Shouted Volcano.”
Critics point to a broader pattern of editorial imbalance, noting that the last visibly conservative guest allowed on BBC’s Newsnight was a frightened hedge fund manager in 1992 who wandered onto set looking for the toilet.
The BBC has since included that 1992 interview in its required impartiality training for new hires, alongside the 14-minute apology the corporation aired after accidentally referring to Jeremy Corbyn as “relatively normal.”
An internal memo leaked to The Guardian revealed that while most BBC staff could identify Bernie Sanders by scent alone, fewer than 4% could name a Republican senator without Googling “evil man from America in suit.”
Reaction to the special has been divided.
In the U.S., Trump released a furious 78-post rant on Truth Social calling the BBC “a failing pottery collective.” He then declared the BBC “illegal,” “probably French,” and “sad!”
“BBC IS A CLOWN SHOW. FAKE ACCENTS. FAKE TEETH. I’M SUING THE WHOLE COUNTRY EXCEPT MAYBE THE SCOTTISH GOLF COURSES. SAD!”
Fox News described the programme as “proof that the British monarchy is still secretly controlling the media,” before cutting to a 12-minute segment on how Prince Harry is responsible for global cocoa shortages.
Meanwhile, The Guardian ran an editorial titled: “Is Trump Too Orange, or Are We Just Too Pale?”
Despite the controversy, early reviews of The Orange Menace have been mixed.
The Daily Mail called it “a searing triumph of propaganda.”
The Times called it “four hours of left-wing wet dreams set to violins.”
Nigel Farage, when asked for comment, replied “I’m in it for three minutes and they put clown music behind my face. That’s not impartial.”
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