By Harry Todd

I’m no friend of Donald Trump.

His politics are abhorrent, his decorum non-existent, and his vindictiveness endless. What I don’t believe – and never have – is that he tried to violently overthrow the US Government.

You’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise. After all, the BBC reported exactly that in January 2021. And as we all know, the BBC is a bastion of journalistic independence and integrity the world over… or so we were told. Now it turns out they were caught redhanded, having doctored footage to portray the President of the United States – our closest ally – as some kind of monster.

And what’s the BBC’s answer to this? The Director General and the CEO of BBC News – two people most Britons couldn’t pick........

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