Joe Rogan has issued a blistering takedown of the BBC for its ‘full-on lying and propaganda’ coverage of President Donald Trump‘s speech on January 6, 2021.
The broadcaster recently released its Panorama documentary on the speech Trump delivered before the US Capitol riots broke out.
Trump’s speech was sliced together in the documentary, which also omitted the moment where he urged his supporters to protest ‘peacefully’.
Rogan, addressing documentary on his podcast this week, accused the BBC of lying and argued Panorama was a demonstration of the ‘deep rot’ of mainstream media.
‘It’s kinda f*****g dangerous,’ he said. ‘It seems like these people – this is just my opinion – felt justified for completely lying, because it would lead to an ultimate good.’
He argued that the broadcaster has ‘lost all journalistic integrity’ and can no longer be trusted as an impartial news source.
The podcaster, who was one of Trump’s biggest supporters during the 2024 election, added the documentary is the ‘clearest indication of how that woke s*** is rotting people’s brains.’
Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion over the doctoring of his speech if the ‘false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements’ are not retracted.
BBC Director-General Tim Davie also dramatically resigned on Sunday alongside CEO of News Deobrah Turness following criticism viewers had been misled.
Joe Rogan has accused the BBC ‘full-on lying’ and spreading ‘propaganda’ in its documentary covering President Donald Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021
President Donald Trump speaks during a Save America Rally near the White House in Washington DC on January 6, 2021
Rogan claimed the BBC’s coverage of Trump’s speech was edited to ‘make it look like he was trying to get people to go attack people and fight at the Capitol.’
He highlighted how one remark Trump delivered was spliced with a portion of his speech from 52 minutes later, which he alleged made it seem like Trump was provoking his supporters.
‘This is nuts,’ Rogan said. ‘This is for the literal president of the greatest country the world’s ever known. He’s the president and you’re lying about what he said publicly.’
‘If that doesn’t show the rot of mainstream, corporate-controlled media, then nothing does. Because that’s pure rot,’ Rogan continued.
‘At the top of the heap, if someone quoted a source, and it was the BBC, I’d think, “OK, that’s like The Washington Post or The New York Times.” It’s a very official source, so I’d assume, “This must be real”.’
Rogan alleged the broadcaster has now turned into the ‘propaganda arm’ of liberal politics.
‘They turned it into activism, and they turned it into lying – and they did it in front of everyone, where you could clearly just listen to the full speech and know he didn’t say that. That’s not how he said it at all.’
Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion over the doctoring of his speech
Trump has said he has ‘an obligation’ to sue the BBC, confirming he will do so for $1 billion (£760 million) over Panorama’s use of his doctored speech.
He was asked about the potential lawsuit by Fox News‘ Laura Ingraham in an interview on Tuesday.
Trump said: ‘I guess I have to, why not? They defrauded the public and they’ve admitted it, this is within one of our, supposedly, great allies. That’s a pretty sad event.’
He also claimed that the public broadcaster changed his ‘beautiful, calming’ speech on January 6 to ‘something radical’.
‘What they did was rather incredible, they showed me the results of what they did, how they butchered it up. But it was very dishonest and the head man quit,’ he added, referring to Davie.
Ingraham then showed the doctored speech to her audience, before asking Trump again to confirm he would sue the BBC.
‘I think I have an obligation to do it, because you can’t allow people to do it,’ he said, citing his success in suing CBS News’ 60 Minutes, leading to complete changes at the top of the Tiffany Network.
Trump said in July that Paramount/CBS/60 Minutes paid $16 million in the settlement and anticipated an additional $20 million from the new owners of CBS in advertising, PSAs or similar programming.
Director-general Tim Davie quit the BBC on Sunday after five years in the corporation’s top job
Davie, earlier this week, told BBC staff that the corporation has to ‘stand up for our journalism’ in a defiant statement against what he called the broadcaster’s ‘enemies’ – while admitting a ‘mistake’ was made with the edited clip of Trump.
The outgoing director–general said he would not let foes control the narrative as the embattled public service broadcaster swats off a series of scandals.
However, he admitted in an address to staff that ‘we did make a mistake’ after Panorama aired two clips of Trump that, edited together, appeared to show him inciting violent action ahead of the January 6 Capitol riots.
‘I think we did make a mistake, and there was an editorial breach, and I think some responsibility had to be taken,’ Davie told employees in the address – confirming that he had chosen to finally fall on his sword after enduring countless BBC rows.
He also paid tribute to Turness, describing her as an ‘absolute fighter for impartiality’, adding: ‘I think we should credit her for doing a really tough job for a period in which (has) been really tough, because the level of weaponization and polarization in the world is out there, but she’s done a stellar job.’
Davie’s departure from the broadcaster prompted praise from Trump who described the ex-BBC boss as ‘very honest’.
It has since emerged the BBC is ready to apologize to Trump, with its lawyers working in the background on the wording of their response, according to The Times.
Senior news executives addressed staff Tuesday but said they were unable to comment on the Panorama broadcast, for legal reasons.
Trump has issued a Friday deadline for the corporation to apologize, issue a retraction, and compensate him ‘for the harm caused’.
Supporters of President Donald Trump protest outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021
Violent rioters storm the Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021
A letter sent to BBC Chairman Samir Shah at Television Centre by his legal team in Florida said: ‘President Trump will be left with no alternative but to enforce his legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved and are not waived, including by filing legal action for no less than $1,000,000,000 (One Billion Dollars) in damages.
‘Due to their salacious nature, the fabricated statements that were aired by the BBC have been widely disseminated throughout various digital mediums, which have reached tens of millions of people worldwide.
‘Consequently, the BBC has caused President Trump to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm.’
The letter from Trump’s lawyer, Alejandro Brito, added: ‘The BBC is on notice.’
Brito said then went on to list the President’s three demands.
The BBC said earlier this week it would ‘review the letter and respond directly in due course’.
